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The fact that the ME microcontroller can run arbitrary Java code, uploaded at runtime rather than read from ROM is pernicious. The intel private key can sign any blob, and ME would run it.

It makes me wonder, could an Java program uploaded to ME crash it or put it into an infinite loop? What would the effect be on the host OS if ME suddenly became unresponsive?

Perhaps a "Kill ME" binary could be developed as open source, and perhaps we could get Intel to sign it? If there was a strong enough request to Intel by consumers, why wouldn't they go ahead and sign it for us? No skin of their noses what we do with our consumer-grade boxes, right?




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