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GeekyBearyesterday at 4:27 PM1 replyview on HN

Intel chips also have a hardware backdoor in the form of a separate core that the neither the user nor the installed operating system control.

Intel Management Engine:

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine

As do AMD chips:

AMD Platform Security Processor:

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Platform_Security_Process...


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loegyesterday at 10:03 PM

Irrelevant. The IME/PSP are not described in this article and function differently.