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hernanca@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

There’s an extremely powerful backdoor in every processor/chipset. Intel named it “Management Engine” and AMD “Secure Technology”.

From the Wikipedia page on Management Engine:

The ME has its own MAC and IP address for the out-of-band management interface, with direct access to the Ethernet controller; one portion of the Ethernet traffic is diverted to the ME even before reaching the host’s operating system.

ME has Serial over LAN, so it’s possible that it has a more intimate access to your hardware than your Operating System.

I imagine other manufacturers have similar frameworks.

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