[saltminer]

> This is not to make excuses for Intel ME, which is entirely unauditable by third parties and has harbored significant security vulnerabilities in the past. But, remember, we all use one processor architecture from one of two vendors, so Intel doesn't have a whole lot of motivation to do better. Lest you respond that ARM is the way, remember that modern ARM SOCs used in consumer devices have pretty much identical capabilities.

I actually took advantage of one such security vulnerability to unlock my old Moto X's bootloader! The details of the exploit are quite interesting:

https://bits-please.blogspot.com/2015/03/getting-arbitrary-c...

https://bits-please.blogspot.com/2015/08/exploring-qualcomms...

https://bits-please.blogspot.com/2015/08/full-trustzone-expl...

https://bits-please.blogspot.com/2016/02/unlocking-motorola-...