there are a handful of vendors that will sell you an intel chip with the me disabled, as well as arm vendors that ship boards without an me-equivalent at all

the point of my post still stands

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eimrine 2 days ago | parent [-]

Do I need to be the US Military for that?

Intel ME is not a feature for user, it is intended to control any modern CPU except the ones coming to US Army/Navy. It is needed to make Stuxnet-class attacks. The latest chip with possibiliy to have the ME provenly disabled is the 3rd gen.

	▲	karlgkk a day ago \| parent [-]
		Purism sells a Comet Lake box with the ME disabled (or so they say). Many ARM vendors sell powerful arm computers without any ME-analog on board. > It is needed to make Stuxnet-class attacks. I have issues with the presence of the ME and I think we agree on a lot of things, but this statement is lunacy lol