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Author: Alessandro Selli
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Subject: Re: [DNG] Purism Librem and disabling Intel ME: it can be done [Re: TALOS 2 - The Libre Owner Controlled POWER9 Workstation/Server ]
On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 at 06:29:59 -0400
"Taiidan@???" <Taiidan@???> wrote:

> On 09/07/2017 05:01 AM, Rick Moen wrote:
>
>> Quoting Taiidan@??? (Taiidan@???):
>>
>> [speaking to Alessandro Selli]
>>
>>> You are constantly defending them and snubbing your nose at superior
>>> products so it is obvious you work for purism.
>> Can I ask for a bit more civility, please? Mr. Selli is a fairly
>> passionate free software person, more than adequately accounting for his
>> views, which I respect even though we have sometimes disagreed rather
>> strongly. There is zero justification for attributing ulterior motives
>> to him.
>>
>> I also find a bit questionable your going around attempting to tarnish
>> the reputation of someone with a real name, while concealing your own.
> Criticism isn't allowed? I dislike when people deal with speculation
> instead of proven facts when judging technical merits.


I provided links and quotes to back what I wrote. Of course I could
still be wrong, but your criticism was not based on anything factual - at
least you did not provide facts to back your claims.

> Could POWER have an undocumented backdoor? Of course - anything is
> possible when it comes to something that complex.
> Do modern x86 processors have one that is impossible to remove? That is
> a proven fact.


  * Does POWER have an undocumented backdoor? Of course, that is a proven
    fact.
  * Could they be disabled or at least partially removed?  No one knows.
  * Do modern x86 processors have undocumented backdoor? Of course, that is a
    proven fact.
 * Could they be disabled or at least partially removed?  Yes, as Rick Moen
   reported on Thu, 31 Aug 2017 21:46:39 -0700 documenting his claims and
   quoting the works of the Positive Technologies team.


> I don't use my "real" name on the internet for the same reason I don't
> want a computer with ME/PSP.


No one can hack your brain remotely because they know your real name.
Concealing it just makes whatever you claim dubious and unverifiable without
third-party documentation - that you *always* fail producing.


Greetings,


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