Intel Details Its Pluton-Capable Partner Security Engine With Core Ultra Series 2

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  • phoronix
    Administrator
    • Jan 2007
    • 67370

    Intel Details Its Pluton-Capable Partner Security Engine With Core Ultra Series 2

    Phoronix: Intel Details Its Pluton-Capable Partner Security Engine With Core Ultra Series 2

    One of the details not too widely talked about with Intel's newest Core Ultra Series 2 processors is the introduction of the Partner Security Engine, which is a new dedicated security engine on the SOC that is capable of running the Microsoft Pluton firmware and software. Intel today published more details around their Partner Security Engine...

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  • mihau
    Junior Member
    • Feb 2018
    • 41

    #2
    If I am able to yeet pluton and run my own code there, then this could be pretty cool. I just hope intel doesn't limit it to their "trusted partners". Presumably I'd have to find a non production-fused unit
    Last edited by mihau; 30 January 2025, 02:47 PM.

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    • Danny3
      Senior Member
      • Apr 2012
      • 2408

      #3
      Fuck you Intel for implementing this Microsoft spyware too!
      But what can we expect from a greedy American company and a EU too stupid to forbid these hardware spyware...

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      • LibreChad
        Junior Member
        • Jan 2025
        • 1

        #4
        Welcome to the era of non-owner controlled x86. This is why anything x86 after 2013 is basically unusable for sovereign computing. Imagine going through all the effort to de-spy-ify your device with replacing Windows with Linux and purging all non-free blobware only to get the ultimate middle finger from the AMD-Intel duopoly?

        This is why I won't even touch Purism or System76 "deblobbed" hardware. You're still financially incentivizing literal hardware rootkits. It's like selling sugar-free Twinkies. "We took all the sugar out so it must be good for you, right?"

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        • Condoriano1997
          Junior Member
          • Dec 2023
          • 6

          #5
          It is mind boggling to know that every single personal computer in production has a separate and dedicated surveillance hardware, baked in right into the silicon, protected with the most advanced technology available, undocumented and impossible to disable, fully controlled by a private company. Which so happens to be one of the largest tech companies in the world and extremely friendly to US government, without any of the liabilities of being an actual part of the government.

          For anyone wondering what is the end goal of having these universally implemented, go read about Azure Sphere. It's Microsoft's vision for a future where every computer is constantly connected to it's cloud, only able to run Microsoft-"secured" software, and subject to being remotely configured and updated by Microsoft at any time. Of course it also entails every computer being fully encrypted and secure-booted so as to be impossible to inspect or modify by the end user (yes end-user, not owner).

          I remember being mortified when I learned about the Chinese surveillance state when I was a kid. Now constant and unavoidable surveillance of every aspect of your life is now the status quo in here too, and it is far from over. AI surveillance agents, forced biometric authentication, digital money, to name a few, are all in very active development.
          Last edited by Condoriano1997; 30 January 2025, 05:06 PM.

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          • ayumu
            Senior Member
            • Oct 2008
            • 666

            #6
            All the security.

            So secure.

            Wow

            (Secure from what, or secure from who... it turns out, secure from the user)

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            • onlyLinuxLuvUBack
              Senior Member
              • May 2019
              • 671

              #7
              Originally posted by danny3 View Post
              fuck you intel for implementing this microsoft spyware too!
              But what can we expect from a greedy american company and a eu too stupid to forbid these hardware spyware...
              like+100

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              • the-burrito-triangle
                Phoronix Member
                • Jul 2024
                • 80

                #8
                IIRC AMD has had Pluton implimented in their CPUs since Zen3... And now intel follows suit. Except Intel CPUs will have TWO always-on mini-computers inside the CPU watching everything you do: Pluton and the CSME (Converged "Security" Management Engine). Like a potty cam, but one for MS and one for Intel to watch you. And the government can use both. Neat.

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                • fotomar
                  Phoronix Member
                  • Jun 2024
                  • 96

                  #9
                  we're just slaves on the corporate plantation
                  now back to work

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