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   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-08-25 3:35 p.m., chrisv wrote:   
   > CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >   
   >> Either way, it doesn't matter which operating system you use as long as   
   >> the Intel Management Engine is part of their line of processors as is   
   >> the Platform Security Processor for AMD. With that kind of backdoor in   
   >> the machine, you're just as insecure in Linux as you would be in Windows.   
   >   
   > I call BS.  AFAIK, the Intel Management Engine is not something that   
   > is running, in most situations.  It's for remote administration of   
   > servers and such.   
      
   Experts disagree. Here is just one article about it:   
      
      
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