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[–] dontforgetaboutevil [S] ago (edited ago)
Everything Ive read on the subject says you cant remove the ME. Ill check into this though. Also there is no patch. Im not talking about the malice or Spectre hacks. Im talking about the management engine.
As for damages that is easy. My computer has been wide open to hackers the whole time Ive had it. Every single time my co.puter has failed has been a damage that intel is possibly responsible for.
Furthermore im pretty sure if their advertising said, "and we've included an unregulatable backdoor into your system!" Nobody would buy it.
I bought products from intel specifically to have a secure system. Not an open one. Intel deliberate ly misleads with their advertisememt.
Everything else aside I have 750 bucks worth of hardware that isnt secure now so it is worthless to me. That is damage. Plain and simple.
[–] 11734616? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The ME is basically a chip running firmware and that firmware can be 'partitioned' into various modules (just like you can partition a disk).
MECleaner removes all the modules it can without hosing the environment - it's not perfect but it does get rid of things like the ability to monitory the TCP/IP stack.
Frankly, it's better than nothing.
More here: https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/wiki/How-does-it-work%3F
[–] TheBuddha ago
You can sue for pretty much anything, and even make some pretty wild claims about damages you've suffered.
This has no bearing on if said suit will be successful. That's an entirely different matter. But, you can sue because you don't like their logo. They'll dismiss it when you fail to show damages, but you can file the paperwork. Note, this will probably piss off a judge.