Starting from what generation x86 processor?
Tech ping!.......
Is AMD any better?
NSA back door and other foreign intel agencies and of course hackers.
“Once a system is compromised by a rootkit, attackers can gain administration access and undetectably attack the computer.”
This has been around for ages. Like core 2 duo and is featured on business class/enterprise class hardware. Is not commonly found on home/low end machines you buy at best buy or any box store.
This technology is also found in Servers as well, HP has iLo, integrated lights out and allows remote administration of machines, just like you were sitting at the machine. And Dell has iDrac, similar to HP’s iLo. These systems are computers that reside on the motherboard, have their own firmware and operating systems and you can use them even with the machine “powered off” you can even remotely reload the operating or secure erase the hard drive arrays.
Powerful stuff but nothing new and generally doesn’t affect home users.
I got a headache just reading a few sentences. So for the technologically challenged what does all this mean and what should we do? Get out the old typewriter? Can anyone provide a reader’s digest version to the article or should I just count myself as stupid.
Shout out to dayglored for a possible Windows pinglist alert.
MS and Intel have always been in bed together and now creating new ways to spy on you & control you.
The machine is alive.
Welcome to SkyNet.
Great. Just great.
The article is just scaremongering. Intel AMT has been in processors for a very long time and it is disabled by default.
Unless you have an enterprise PC with a BIOS that has it, go into your BIOS, specifically and deliberately turn it on (and it will ask you twice if you want to), and register it to a management server you have nothing to worry about. Connections to AMT require encryption and that BOTH ends trust each other, if the AMT on your system isn’t registered then it trusts no one and nothing.
It’s intended for enterprise customers so that they can remotely manage their assets, not for home consumers.
Oh and if you really want to make sure it can’t be used against you, reset your CMOS.