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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
python-validity
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How to make the most of my X1C Gen 6?
the python-validity fingerprint reader driver can have an issue after waking from suspend, the fix can be found here: https://github.com/uunicorn/python-validity/issues/3
- Will the fingerprint reader on the t490 work with Linux? (I haven't chosen yet but it will def be either Linux mint or pop os)
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I just bought a T480s, have some questions
anyone got the fingerprint reader to work? arch wiki says the default one in Linux doesn't work and suggest using this - https://github.com/uunicorn/python-validity
- Able to see fingerprint sensor as usb device on hackintosh
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Fingerprint-Sensor on T470 w/ Fedora 38
I used this for t480 https://github.com/uunicorn/python-validity
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Microsoft will upgrade Windows 10 21H2 users whether they like it or not
Did you try this for the fingerprint reader, out of curiosity? https://github.com/uunicorn/python-validity/blob/master/pyth...
I don't have a Lenovo, I have a Dell, but while tinkering to get the fingerprint reader on my machine working, I had come across this (and I understand it works for Lenovo).
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What are the first things you do/install on your new ThinkPad?
Here it is. Worked like a charm for me
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Fingerprint reader worked on Arch, struggling to get it running on Gentoo
Update - I've put Arch back on it for diagnosis, and with this repo from the AUR I've got it working again.
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ELAN 0c4b Fingerprint Reader
Not supported indeed. Some users have tried, see the end of discussion here: https://github.com/uunicorn/python-validity/issues/105
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Is anybody using the fingerprint reader under Linux?
Python validity.
What are some alternatives?
firmware-open - System76 Open Firmware
Validity90 - Reverse engineering of Validity/Synaptics 138a:0090, 138a:0094, 138a:0097, 06cb:0081, 06cb:009a fingerprint readers protocol
thinkpad-firmware-patches - Collection of ThinkPad UEFI patches.
libfprint - Library for fingerprint readers
t430-coreboot - coreboot rom for thinkpad t430
bbswitch - Disable discrete graphics (currently nvidia only)
coreboot - DEPRECATED: coreboot on the w541. See link below.
fingerprint-gui - Use fingerprint readers with a Linux desktop environment
cadmium - [Moved to: https://github.com/Maccraft123/Cadmium]
x2x - x2x allows the keyboard, mouse on one X display to be used to control another X display.
thepyphone - Voice and SMS/MMS on a Raspberry Pi 3B+
silk-guardian - << Silk Guardian >> is an anti-forensic kill-switch that waits for a change on your usb ports and then wipes your ram, deletes precious files, and turns off your computer.