From 20d6fbaa878d60695a171a6f5391585a4cc7981f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tommy Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:13:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update content/posts/hardware/Misinformation on x86 Hardware/index.md Co-authored-by: friendly-rabbit-35 <169707731+friendly-rabbit-35@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Tommy --- content/posts/hardware/Misinformation on x86 Hardware/index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/posts/hardware/Misinformation on x86 Hardware/index.md b/content/posts/hardware/Misinformation on x86 Hardware/index.md index 393e328..59c48cc 100644 --- a/content/posts/hardware/Misinformation on x86 Hardware/index.md +++ b/content/posts/hardware/Misinformation on x86 Hardware/index.md @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ This is not something hidden, people have accidentally [run into AMT](https://ma For attack surface reduction, you should absolutely disable it. If you do not have a vPro laptop and are curious what this looks like, have a look at the [BIOS Simulator for the Thinkpad T14 Gen 5](https://download.lenovo.com/bsco/#/graphicalsimulator/ThinkPad%20T14%20Gen%205%20(21ML,21MM)). -With that said, don't let the scary claims about "remote management" by the spook you - if some sort of hypothetical backdoor is actually implemented this way, it will not be hard to detect it. There are better ways to implement a backdoor as discussed above, and if you don't trust the CPU vendor you should avoid them as a whole, not just the vPro model. +With that said, don't let the scary claims about "remote management" spook you --- if some sort of hypothetical backdoor is actually implemented this way, it will not be hard to detect. There are better ways to implement a backdoor as discussed above, and if you don't trust the CPU vendor you should avoid them as a whole, not just the vPro models. Some people recommend buying AMD instead of Intel to avoid the possibility of having Intel AMT. However, they also miss a very simple fact that AMD has an equivalent technology for their Ryzen Pro CPU - [AMD DASH](https://www.amd.com/system/files/documents/out-of-band-client-management-overview.pdf).