diff --git a/content/posts/knowledge/Laptop Hardware Security.md b/content/posts/knowledge/Laptop Hardware Security.md index a00c639..aed1b52 100644 --- a/content/posts/knowledge/Laptop Hardware Security.md +++ b/content/posts/knowledge/Laptop Hardware Security.md @@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ Here are some facts about it: - You can disable it firmware settings. - Certain firmware allows you to permanently disable it by blowing an eFuse. - It is detectable. An easy way is to just go visit port 16992/tcp on your device. -- To be extra sure, you can also run nmap to scan the port from a different device. +- To be extra sure, you can also run `nmap` to scan the port from a different device. -This is not a hidden thing at all, people have accidentally [run into it on social media](). +This is not something hidden, people have accidentally [run into it on social media](https://mastodon.lilysthings.org/@i_lost_my_bagel/112228352384742242). For attack surface reduction, you should absolutely disable it. With that said, don't let the scary claims about "remote management" by the Free Software Foundation spook you - if some sort of hypothetical backdoor actually implemented this way, it is not 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 model.