https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/29/intel_management_engine_can_be_disabled/
"Security researchers at London-based Positive Technologies have identified an
undocumented configuration setting that disables Intel Management Engine 11, a
CPU control mechanism that has been described as a security risk."
The story of the CPU in your CPU... Via Erik de Castro Lopo.
Cheers,
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