What to do with Intel ME after neutralization

you could even use it as a nice utility to be able to control the computer over the network and troubleshoot problems even when the OS doesn't post.

Put GNU Hurd on it.

Pick one.

This, if you choose linux as opposed to something useful like Plan9 you're doing something wrong.

lel enjoy your no drivers

nothing
is wrong, there is something stopping you

public key cryptography. chip requires signed firmware. if you dont have the signing key, you are fucked

That's what I meant by lights-out capacity.

Intel AMT out-of-band management is a premium feature that commands a price. Investigations of ME have revealed that the necessary hardware is present in all Intel systems. To take control of it, remove the potential for alphabet agency implants, and use it to add functionality that Intel would charge for would be a satisfying "fuck you" to Intel for kikeing our systems in the first place.

OpenWRT/LEDE is about the most minimal Linux distro possible, totally user-configurable and would fit in the SPI flash. If we could manage to get it (or the GNU de-blobbed version, Librecmc, as suggested) installed in place of the ME kikeware, then the next challenge would be finding or writing the software to redirect keyboard, mouse and video to be served over the network as some remote protocol. I suspect SPICE would be most suitable for this application.

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There may be a way around that. See

What are you going to do to close the door you enter through? Any good hacker closes the backdoor as he enters. Would be nice to burn fuses in order to store your own private key.