Boing Boing: "Intel x86s hide another CPU that can take over your machine (you can't audit it)"

[Erik Grun]

"Intel x86s hide another CPU that can take over your machine (you can't
audit it)"

https://boingboing.net/2016/06/15/intel-x86-processors-ship-with.html


This article is quite interesting – and scary.

It is very clear that we need to do something about Intels Damagement
Engine.
But I don't quite know what we can do.

It is clear that we need to raise as much attention as we can.

We could also put pressure on Intel
by openly boycotting and telling them to free their ME.

Another option would be to simply avoid Intel (and their x86 processors).
We could use truly free processor architectures[1] like RISC-V,
OpenRISC or MIPS(?) instead.


Another thing that bugs me is AMD.
Do they have something similar to Intels Damagement Engine?
What about ARM?


Greetings

-- Erik

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[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_CPU_architectures#Instruction_sets

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