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- dbug, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8That article is unreadable. Back to school for the author.
- MonkeyFit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9From the Inquirer. I don't trust it. They have a habit of poorly writing FUD.
- daldredge, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Yet you read digg?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Not sure, but since it's apparently software driven, it's no security risk for techies or those who can, well, remove software from their PC.
Wouldn't touch this with a barge pole. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8"GIVEN THAT its Active Management Technology (AMT) is building built into its desktop and laptop processors"
"However, despite the assurances that the system is totally, it is a very worrying capability."
"Traw insisted that only the home PC can trigger a secure connexion to the ISP."
Now even the articles themselves fall under the grammar radar. Brilliant.
Suffice to say, I won't be needign this technology. - partyonaisle7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Interesting, but horribly written. Is AMT actually dangerous?
- mobius20, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Hi. This is a really awesome feature for those of us in desktop support, okay?
Do you people really think you won't be able to disable this feature?
I've got 600+ mostly not-intelligent users across two sites I could support from one location with this. I ***** love it.
If you're smart enough to not need the support, you're smart enough to turn it off. - MonkeyFit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Touche
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8Sounds like its just asking to be exploited and used for ever, way to go intel! More stuff we dont need.
- Ashex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The Article, with some minor grammar and spelling corrections:
GIVEN THAT the Active Management Technology (AMT) Intel is building into its desktop and laptop processors, this snooping technology will soon find its way into the home, according to Intel's Brendan Traw.
He demonstrated how a Chinese ISV, Starsoftcomm, has already developed AMT compatible software which it is aiming at ISPs.
The idea is that the ISP can remotely fix a problem PC – even if it has experienced the infamous Blue screen of Death.
In the IDF demo, Starsoftcomm's software opened up a secure connection. The remote console launched diagnostic software and was able to fix the problem then reboot the computer.
Obviously, such a facility will be a great boon to any supplier having to deal with the general public. However, despite the assurances that the system is completely safe, it is a very worrying capability.
Traw insisted that only the home PC can trigger a secure connection to the ISP. However, he was forced to admit that it would be up to the software vendor and the ISP to let consumers know what 'policies' actually trigger the connection.
Trying to remove Windows and replace it with Linux, for example? - ratzfatz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I clearly see a relationship in between the way this article is written and the content it wants us to make believe. Always surprising to see, how low people can go. As we express it here in Germany: this guy seems to have an IQ on the same level as a slice of toasted bread.
- blacktone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I seem to remember Intel trying something like this with the Pentium 3 everyone didn't want to be tracked so and started complaining then they added the feature to turn the serial number off later in the BIOS.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-222661.html - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3***** this alarmist idiot he is just trying to generate traffic with sensationalist titles, when he knows full well this is no more of a worry then rdp.
- markus941, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Maybe Intel is rolling this out ONLY to have it purposely fail so that people for a long time to come will talk about "oh, you definately don't want that AMT (or was it AMD) stuff in your computer"
- davy2002a, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm sure a lot of us would agree when I ask this to the mentioning of ISP in the article: Since when is it the ISP's job to fix the computer?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Yes, I see my typo, but unfortunately I don't have the ability to edit my comment now, unlike the writer of the article.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1cpu speaking to my isp?? i think not
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Yeah, and i almost bought one of the new core 2's, guess i'ms till going to wait for 4x4 i'll take a performance hit to get big borther off my box. thx.
- caliform, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Oh come on, let's be realistic. You are crying loudly about this 'remote Big Brother' concept you hold in mind, yet this is a rediculous assumption. The computer isn't in charge of you, CLI's don't bite, and yes, you can actually decide what connections are made from and to a given system, in quite a multitude of ways.
So stop and think. This isn't from Intel's own website, or a very official news source either. If the article were even true, then the premise is that your grandmother can call your ISP and set some flag in some pretty GUI to let them do the work. And that's only as true as this article is accurate. - fyre2012, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2I call *****.
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