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Intel Backdoor(IME)

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This has been brought up time and time again. Like here's an article from 2017 going over the vulnerabilities of the IME: https://www.howtogeek.com/334013/intel-management-engine-explained-the-tiny-computer-inside-your-cpu/ . I haven't really been keeping up with the latest kerfluffle if there really is one. However, vulnerabilities are not backdoors. A backdoor is a deliberate weakness put in place.

 

Also while everyone's pooping on Intel, let's not forget AMD has a similar system in place called Platform Security Processor, and has had a couple of vulnerabilities disclosed.

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This has been brought up time and time again. Like here's an article from 2017 going over the vulnerabilities of the IME: https://www.howtogeek.com/334013/intel-management-engine-explained-the-tiny-computer-inside-your-cpu/ . I haven't really been keeping up with the latest kerfluffle if there really is one. However, vulnerabilities are not backdoors. A backdoor is a deliberate weakness put in place.

 

Also while everyone's pooping on Intel, let's not forget AMD has a similar system in place called Platform Security Processor, and has had a couple of vulnerabilities disclosed.

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