On Monday 07 November 2022 at 14:48:34, Steve Litt wrote:

> Are you sure Tuxedo switches off the Intel ME? If so, that would be a
> MAJOR selling point. Wikipedia says, at
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine the following:
>
> "However, the ME itself is built into all Intel
> chipsets since 2008, not only those with AMT. While AMT can be
> unprovisioned by the owner, there is no official, documented way to
> disable the ME.'
>
> If the Tuxedo computer truly switches off the Intel ME, that would
> give the advantage to the Tuxedo, in my opinion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine#Commercial_ME_disablement

"In March 2018, Tuxedo Computers, a German company which specializes in PCs
which run operating systems which use the Linux kernel, announced an option in
the BIOS of their system to disable ME. [94]"


Antony.

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I don't know, maybe if we all waited then cosmic rays would write all our
software for us. Of course it might take a while.

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