Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : Nightfox
From : tenser
Date : Wed Apr 27 2022 01:57:36

On 25 Apr 2022 at 12:57p, Nightfox pondered and said...
 
 Ni>   Re: Re: Windows vs Linux
 Ni>   By: tenser to boraxman on Mon Apr 25 2022 02:01 pm
 Ni> 
 Ni>  te> Similarly, if the ME in your Intel CPU is hackable,
 Ni>  te> that might have a profound impact on you.
 Ni> 
 Ni> Intel's ME doesn't run in the CPU itself.  It's in a separate set of
 Ni> chips on the motherboard.
 Ni> 
 Ni> Typically, to use the ME from the OS, you'd need the Intel ME drivers &
 Ni> software installed.  I'm nto sure, but I think Intel might only provide
 Ni> that for Windows.  Although the Intel ME runs independently of the OS,
 Ni> if you don't have the software installed on the OS for it, it may not
 Ni> affect you as much.

Regardless of whether it's on the die or in the chipset,
the point remains that users are not in control of their
machines in the way that they think that they are.

I bring up the ME specifically because of:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/the-hijacking-flaw-that-
lurked-in-intel-chips-is-worse-than-anyone-thought/

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