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JumpCrisscross on June 16, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Intel ME subsystem can take over your machine,...

I think they are asking if Apple ordered chips without this ME, give the former's penchant for security. I wonder similarly.

ploxiln on June 16, 2016 | [–]

I'm pretty sure that, for the last few generations of Intel CPUs, the ME is not optional on any (non-Atom) model.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3anjgm/on_the_librem... https://puri.sm/posts/petition-for-intel-to-release-an-me-le...

> All recent Intel systems (made in the last 8 or 9 years) has this. The ME will never be freed

Khalos on June 16, 2016 | [–]

Ah, fair enough. That is a good question.

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