06-27-2019, 05:57 PM
Apologies if this has been covered before, I didn't find anything in a search..
Privacy-oriented people/groups (including EFF) have written about how Intel's Management Engine is a potential privacy/security risk. It's closed-source, runs close to the hardware, basically has access to everything on the computer. It's a prize target for hackers, and speculation has it that there might be backdoors for government agencies. AMD has a similar system, "AMD Secure Technology".
I can't see that ARM chips contain anything similar. So, in theory, maybe ARM-based systems have a small privacy/security advantage?
(Yes, I realize that my privacy is probably far more at risk from anything I do online, regardless of hardware or operating system. But still, I'd be curious to know!)
Privacy-oriented people/groups (including EFF) have written about how Intel's Management Engine is a potential privacy/security risk. It's closed-source, runs close to the hardware, basically has access to everything on the computer. It's a prize target for hackers, and speculation has it that there might be backdoors for government agencies. AMD has a similar system, "AMD Secure Technology".
I can't see that ARM chips contain anything similar. So, in theory, maybe ARM-based systems have a small privacy/security advantage?
(Yes, I realize that my privacy is probably far more at risk from anything I do online, regardless of hardware or operating system. But still, I'd be curious to know!)
