Each new generation of Intel chips makes it hard for solutions like me_cleaner to eliminate ME binaries. Effectively, even when you "fix" Intel chips, there is still some % of ME backdoor active.
AMD is even worse. Board vendors can expose options in EFI to "disable" the (((platform security processor))) but, being a non-verifiable proprietary black box, is impossible to determine what this option even does (or if it does anything at all and isn't just a placebo switch).
ARM is fucked too with ARM (((TrustZone))) for which there aren't even any attempts to mitigate that I'm aware of.
RollinDaGrassTyson 0 points 2 hours ago
Sadly, it is not fixable.
Each new generation of Intel chips makes it hard for solutions like me_cleaner to eliminate ME binaries. Effectively, even when you "fix" Intel chips, there is still some % of ME backdoor active.
AMD is even worse. Board vendors can expose options in EFI to "disable" the (((platform security processor))) but, being a non-verifiable proprietary black box, is impossible to determine what this option even does (or if it does anything at all and isn't just a placebo switch).
ARM is fucked too with ARM (((TrustZone))) for which there aren't even any attempts to mitigate that I'm aware of.