[slasaus]

FWIW, there is a petition for Intel to release an ME-less CPU design: https://puri.sm/posts/petition-for-intel-to-release-an-me-le...

(as mentioned in a comparable thread five days ago: "Intel and ME, and why we should get rid of ME" (fsf.org) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11880935)