'Occupy' affiliate claims Intel bakes SECRET 3G radio into vPro CPUs

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'Occupy' affiliate claims Intel bakes SECRET 3G radio into vPro CPUs

Tinfoil hat brigade say every PC is on mobile networks, even when powered down

By Richard Chirgwin, 23rd September 2013

Intel has apparently turned up one of the holiest of holy grails in the tech sector, accidentally creating an zero-power-consumption on-chip 3G communications platform as an NSA backdoor.

The scoop comes courtesy of tinfoil socialist site Popular Resistance, in this piece written by freelance truther Jim Stone, who has just discovered the wake-on-LAN capabilities in vPro processors. He writes:

“The new Intel Core vPro processors contain a new remote access feature which allows 100 percent remote access to a PC 100 percent of the time, even if the computer is turned off. Core vPro processors contain a second physical processor embedded within the main processor which has it’s own operating system embedded on the chip itself. As long as the power supply is available and and in working condition, it can be woken up by the Core vPro processor, which runs on the system’s phantom power and is able to quietly turn individual hardware components on and access anything on them.”

A little background: Popular Resistance was formed in 2011 and was part of the 'Occupy' movement, having done its bit in Washington DC. It now promotes an anti-capitalist agenda.

Back to Stone, who says Intel can do all the stuff vPro enables thanks to an undocumented 3G radio buried on its chips apparently extends wake-on-LAN to wake-on-mobile:

“Core vPro processors work in conjunction with Intel’s new Anti Theft 3.0, which put 3g connectivity into every Intel CPU after the Sandy Bridge version of the I3/5/7 processors. Users do not get to know about that 3g connection, but it IS there,” he writes, “anti theft 3.0 always has that 3G connection on also,

even if the computer is turned off

” (emphasis added).

No evidence is offered for the assertions detailed above.

And with that, El Reg will now happily open the floor to the commentards … ®

Sursa: 'Occupy' affiliate claims Intel bakes SECRET 3G radio into vPro CPUs • The Register

[Guest thePR0]

Au cam sarit calul cu asta, nu vor sa ne puna 3g si in supozitoare?

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No evidence is offered for the assertions detailed above.

Fraza asta spune cam totul despre toata povestea. Si eu pot sa sustin ca cei de la AMD au inclus in procesoarele lor un aparat de facut cafea, dar nu inseamna ca am si dreptate.

Teoria conspiratiei: presupuneri tampite fara argumente solide. Dar masele pun botul la astfel de povesti.

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Fraza asta spune cam totul despre toata povestea. Si eu pot sa sustin ca cei de la AMD au inclus in procesoarele lor un aparat de facut cafea, dar nu inseamna ca am si dreptate.

Teoria conspiratiei: presupuneri tampite fara argumente solide. Dar masele pun botul la astfel de povesti.

Ai dreptate, dar cum functioneaza anti-theft-ul de pe Intel-uri?

E o idee, greu de demonstrat, nu trebuie sa o credem, dar trebuie sa o luam in considerare si sa ne gandim ca asa ceva, cu certitudine, e posibil.

[alphabet]

Ai dreptate, dar cum functioneaza anti-theft-ul de pe Intel-uri?

E o idee, greu de demonstrat, nu trebuie sa o credem, dar trebuie sa o luam in considerare si sa ne gandim ca asa ceva, cu certitudine, e posibil.

Corect, aici articole despre tehnologia Anti-Theft: Intel Content Library. Se observa ca baza tehnologiei o reprezinta posibilitatea de conectare de la distanta la computere echipate cu procesoare VPro, indiferent daca sunt conectate la reteaua Internet. Intrebarea e, ce alte metode de identificare la distanta exista in afara de GSM si GPS.

Solutie anti-anti-theft: Bagati calculatoarele/laptopurile in cutii Faraday

Edited September 24, 2013 by alphabet
L.E.

[Nytro]

PC disable can be triggered locally or remotely—an Internet or LAN

connection is not necessary—under the following circumstances:

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Excessive end-user attempts to log into the system.

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The laptop misses its rendezvous time with the server (electronic

check-in over the Internet), thereby issuing a local poison pill.

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The IT administrator can send a poison pill remotely to the stolen laptop

across the Internet, intranet, or Short Messaging Service (SMS)

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PC disable can be triggered locally or remotely—an Internet or LAN

connection is not necessary—under the following circumstances:

-

Excessive end-user attempts to log into the system.

-

The laptop misses its rendezvous time with the server (electronic

check-in over the Internet), thereby issuing a local poison pill.

•

The IT administrator can send a poison pill remotely to the stolen laptop

across the Internet, intranet, or Short Messaging Service (SMS)

Oricare din variantele expuse duce la o singura concluzie: daca nu exista conexiune la internet sau lan si daca nu este setata activarea locala a softului de blocare, singura metoda prin care se trimite softul de blocare e prin SMS, deci GSM.