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If Intel ME is "integral" to get Intel processors to boot, why are the ones bound for NSA sans-Intel ME?
Jan. 19, 2022, 1:56 a.m. | /u/fk_windows2021
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Title. Does the NSA just get inferior processors that are made weaker by lacking Intel ME or something? I don't think anyone can come up with a legit pro consumer reason they don't have Intel ME but we do.
it's so they can have a backdoor into your computer
That's not a pro consumer reason.
If Intel is telling the truth "Intel ME is a necessity for the boot process", which I highly doubt. Then the NSA would be screwed …
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