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me_cleaner
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Power issue with my X250. Time to upgrade? (more info in comments)
Some times Intel version of Lenovo have a problem with Intel ME , check this out. LINK
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System76's Coreboot Open Firmware Manages to Disable Intel Me for Raptor Lake
Yes; there are several ways, depending heavily on the version, and ranging from most trustworthy to least trustworthy:
* By patching the ME firmware itself - see the me_cleaner project, and methods documented here: https://puri.sm/posts/deep-dive-into-intel-me-disablement/ . This is Pretty Reliable; the runtime code has been deleted from flash.
* By setting a bit in the flash configuration, assumed to be added for the US High Assurance program: https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/wiki/HAP-AltMeDisable-bi... , https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/disabling-intel-m... . This is Mostly Reliable; the mechanism has been fairly aggressively reverse engineered and was added for a program with strict requirements.
* By sending an HECI command that says "hey ME, turn off your runtime" https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/52800 . This is Somewhat Reliable; the method is well understood and seems to work but I'm not sure someone has done a deep dive audit into whether it could be re-enabled somehow.
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Modern CPUs have a backstage cast
"...this is interesting is because POWER9 is basically the first time the public got a real view of how sophisticated the backstage cast actually is of a modern server CPU."
Not quite correct; the OpenSPARC T1 and T2 were publicly released and available by 2008.
https://www.oracle.com/servers/technologies/opensparc.html
"Large parts of this process are handled by vendor-supplied mystery firmware blobs, which may as well be boxes with “???” written in them.
The maintainers of the me_cleaner script likely have the clearest view of what is known.
https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner
- What is the most trusted hardware most OpenBSD people would suggest?
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Let's find our next HW wallet
Your dedicated laptop with disabled Intel ME running OpenBSD might be the gold standard choice for your hardware wallet. Main discussion here.
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Laptop with deactivated Intel ME running OpenBSD as a hardware wallet for top cryptos
I consider a dedicated laptop with deactivated Intel ME running OpenBSD (maybe from USB flash) can be a much secure alternative to a proprietary hardware wallet connected to your casual multi-purpose laptop.
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On Intel ME
On a side note, if Intel has made it this hard to disable Intel ME, is the US government happy with this change? It was them who got the HAP bit part working, and I do not see any news suggesting they have another trick to disable Intel ME. Should I just assume that this still works? Has anybody here tried? And does me_cleaner still work (last updated in 2018: https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner)?
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I ordered my first laptop from System76. I'm so excited
This is incorrect. Intel ME has an internal disablement mechanism: https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/wiki/HAP-AltMeDisable-bit this is the mechanism that it used by S76 and Purism.
- linux and tails compromised? if this is real we lost all privacy. found it on twitter
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Why I Use Old Hardware
If you are sensitive about the Intel Management Engine, the original Core 2 Duo/Quad systems are the last where it could be fully disabled.
Anything later will forcibly shut down after 30 minutes if (at least a fragment of) Intel's closed & bug-ridden monitoring code is not present.
I ran me_cleaner on a few of these systems, and I do all my finances with them running OpenBSD (usually on q9550s).
Yes, this effort to run old hardware is worth it for me. Below are the bios images that I was able to produce:
https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/issues/233
universal-android-debloater
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Better Adb-Shell
Maybe two options...
For any unprivileged user, find the bundled apps that are unused, uninstall updates, clear their storage, then disable them.
There is also a more thorough debloat method that does not require root. It seems to be in a state of flux as it is rewritten in Rust.
https://gitlab.com/W1nst0n/universal-android-debloater/-/blo...
- How to remove Flipboard or at least stop it
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Is this safe?
This somewhat explains it : https://gitlab.com/W1nst0n/universal-android-debloater/-/issues/27
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Is removing spyware with adb as good (or almost) as installing a privacy oriented custom rom ?
- This list has some good info about each app. I guess it's the same information you will find at the Universal Android Debloater (which I'm using to remove apps).
- What is Hiview?
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Uninstalled facebook on the first day and only now I know that there is 3 other crap that I csnt uninstall
https://gitlab.com/W1nst0n/universal-android-debloater if you want to give the tool a try.
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Recommendation: do NOT update to Oxygen OS 12
If you guys want to remove some bloatware software from this garbage ~ColorOS 12~, I suggest you: https://gitlab.com/W1nst0n/universal-android-debloater (linux/mac) https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater (linux/mac/win)
- Android degoogling questions.
- DELETE Google apps on ROOTED phone
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Can Instagram access Signal conversations ?
Have a look at https://gitlab.com/W1nst0n/universal-android-debloater
What are some alternatives?
firmware-open - System76 Open Firmware
universal-android-debloater - Cross-platform GUI written in Rust using ADB to debloat non-rooted android devices. Improve your privacy, the security and battery life of your device.
thinkpad-firmware-patches - Collection of ThinkPad UEFI patches.
hardened_malloc - Hardened allocator designed for modern systems. It has integration into Android's Bionic libc and can be used externally with musl and glibc as a dynamic library for use on other Linux-based platforms. It will gain more portability / integration over time.
t430-coreboot - coreboot rom for thinkpad t430
no-google - Completely block Google and its services
coreboot - DEPRECATED: coreboot on the w541. See link below.
universal-android-debloater-UI - GUI for the OLD bash UAD scripts -> current dev is at
cadmium - [Moved to: https://github.com/Maccraft123/Cadmium]
AltStore - AltStore is an alternative app store for non-jailbroken iOS devices.
thepyphone - Voice and SMS/MMS on a Raspberry Pi 3B+
Fenix - ⚠️ Fenix (Firefox for Android) moved to a new repository. It is now developed and maintained as part of: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-android