Including your Intel CPU "with its own processor, memory, and I/O. Really just like if it was a small computer inside your computer." https://itsfoss.com/fact-intel-minix-case/
Each new generation of Intel chips makes it hard for solutions like me_cleaner to eliminate ME binaries. Effectively, even when you "fix" Intel chips, there is still some % of ME backdoor active.
AMD is even worse. Board vendors can expose options in EFI to "disable" the (((platform security processor))) but, being a non-verifiable proprietary black box, is impossible to determine what this option even does (or if it does anything at all and isn't just a placebo switch).
ARM is fucked too with ARM (((TrustZone))) for which there aren't even any attempts to mitigate that I'm aware of.
Yet, this encryption does nothing to shield a website from other pervasive dangers. For instance, HTTPS does not inherently protect against vulnerabilities in the website's code, such as SQL injection or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
In essence, while HTTPS is an indispensable component of web security, it is merely one piece of a much larger puzzle.
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https://itsfoss.com/fact-intel-minix-case/
Might be fixable. AMD supposedly has the same these days.
https://www.csoonline.com/article/562761/researchers-say-now-you-too-can-disable-intel-me-backdoor-thanks-to-the-nsa.html
[ + ] RollinDaGrassTyson
[ - ] RollinDaGrassTyson 0 points 1 monthMay 6, 2025 10:39:05 ago (+0/-0)
Each new generation of Intel chips makes it hard for solutions like me_cleaner to eliminate ME binaries. Effectively, even when you "fix" Intel chips, there is still some % of ME backdoor active.
AMD is even worse. Board vendors can expose options in EFI to "disable" the (((platform security processor))) but, being a non-verifiable proprietary black box, is impossible to determine what this option even does (or if it does anything at all and isn't just a placebo switch).
ARM is fucked too with ARM (((TrustZone))) for which there aren't even any attempts to mitigate that I'm aware of.
[ + ] RollinDaGrassTyson
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[ + ] JustALover
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[ + ] BeholdTheLight
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