you cant overwrite a backdoor built into the hardware. Sorry but IS NOT SOFTWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, and that's been proven by the nerds (term of endearment) who figured all this stuff out. But the fact is that the hardware is still there however useless. Newer Intel chips have made the IME part of the boot process, which means patching the firmware effectively disables the chip. Unfortunate. This is a huge rabbit hole, but I encourage everyone to read up on it.
That is not necessarily true. OK, they might all work that way in practice but it is not necessarily so. For instance, even if we assume that hardware needs machine code level instructions to function those instructions could be in a regular ROM which cannot then be changed by flashing.
Also, below machine code level hardware works on microcode. That could also be in a Read Only Memory chip or even built-in. Early CPUs used to use counters and logic gates to produce the sequence of instructions required so not even a ROM would be necessary.
Then we have the Intel CPU recall from many years ago. If the chips could have been re-flashed instead of collected in and replacements issued don't you think they might have done that?
All that is before we start on the Chinese hack of Super Micro motherboards. They added extra components during the manufacturing state and they sent data back to China.
While this is true, you can in a lot of cases overwrite the IME. But Linux is far better than windoze in any case.
you cant overwrite a backdoor built into the hardware. Sorry but IS NOT SOFTWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can agree with your statement. But, some hardcore nerds have found that you can effectively disable it by overwriting the firmware.
Yes, and that's been proven by the nerds (term of endearment) who figured all this stuff out. But the fact is that the hardware is still there however useless. Newer Intel chips have made the IME part of the boot process, which means patching the firmware effectively disables the chip. Unfortunate. This is a huge rabbit hole, but I encourage everyone to read up on it.
That is not necessarily true. OK, they might all work that way in practice but it is not necessarily so. For instance, even if we assume that hardware needs machine code level instructions to function those instructions could be in a regular ROM which cannot then be changed by flashing.
Also, below machine code level hardware works on microcode. That could also be in a Read Only Memory chip or even built-in. Early CPUs used to use counters and logic gates to produce the sequence of instructions required so not even a ROM would be necessary.
Then we have the Intel CPU recall from many years ago. If the chips could have been re-flashed instead of collected in and replacements issued don't you think they might have done that?
All that is before we start on the Chinese hack of Super Micro motherboards. They added extra components during the manufacturing state and they sent data back to China.
The intel IME has to be able to be disabled. Its a government requirement. So they can use intel cpus for sensitive information.
Plus this is just the backdoor that became public.
There are dozens of backdoors and zero day exploits that can be used for the NSA to do whatever the fuck they want with your computer.