diff --git a/content/posts/knowledge/Laptop Hardware Security/index.md b/content/posts/knowledge/Laptop Hardware Security/index.md index f4b2331..90b52f1 100644 --- a/content/posts/knowledge/Laptop Hardware Security/index.md +++ b/content/posts/knowledge/Laptop Hardware Security/index.md @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ 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 wondering what it 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 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. +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 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. 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.