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System76 will disable Intel Management engine on its Linux laptops - Liliputing

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2017-12-01 01:14:07
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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

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System76 is one a handful of companies that sells computers that run Linux software out of the box. But like most PCs that have shipped with Intel’s Core processors in the past few years, System76 laptops include Intel’s Management Engine firmware. Intel recently confirmed a major security vulnerability affecting those chips and it’s working with …

Source: https://liliputing.com/2017/11/system76-will-disable-intel-management-engine-linux-laptops.html [liliputing.com]

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