I'm not updating my windows OS ever. I'm still using windows 7. I'm gradually switching over to Linux.
Doesn’t matter much when the intel management framework for your processor gives the federal government back door access.
ARM, AMD, and apple is making their own CPU now.
I have to chime in.
Normally, apple is extremely cucked. However, the extreme leftist aka Marcan porting Linux to the Apple M1 architecture (which is really just ARM on a custom chipset) -- has talked about this specific architecture not having these same remote-management engine capabilities a la intel ME -- due to physical limitations.
And yeah. If you're running Artix Linux or Hardened Gentoo or WHATEVER -- you're running x86_64? AMD64? however you choose to identify it? Cool beans, your computer is at constant risk of remote privilege access REGARDLESS of your OS -- that's right, Ubuntu, Arch, Gentoo, FreeBSD, OpenBSD even -- you're fucked. Your CPU executes code at far greater levels of permission than anything a software patch can fix. Couple that with internet-aware firmware, and again, like I said -- you're fucked. Don't connect machines to computers. Use dedicated systems for web browsing. These are basic steps, people.
Btw, DaddyX, you're right, most people won't run Windows on a server, but like you mentioned, if they're running this most common desktop architecture, it doesn't matter what OS they're using. These are malware that use extremely low-level code and cleverly disguised assembly to do what they do. So I really hate when people take it to the OS level. It really does come down to your chipset and CPU and the I/O when accounting for computer security. But if you're connecting a "secure system" to the internet, that is an inherently insecure operation.
Good for them. 90% of current PCs have an intel processor.
AMD also has a "backdoor" management engine. I cant remember the name but its just as invasive.
just like me, , , moving to Mint
Smart.
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