Sandy Bridge - Remote Kill Switch

[tntcoder]

EDIT: Sorry didn't see this is also discussed in the below topic

http://www.techspot.com/news/41643-intels-sandy-bridge-processors-have-a-remote-kill-switch.html

Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors have a new feature that the chip giant is calling Anti-Theft 3.0. The processor can be disabled even if the computer has no Internet connection or isn't even turned on, over a 3G network.

Interesting... Sounds like a potential disaster to me, exposing a CPU kill feature to the Internet? The potential security issues are numerous!

 

[core2core]

Watch out, nightmare99 will say you are talking FUD. See my topic about it. Lol

See here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18216639

 

[r3loaded]

For the love of god...let me explain, once more:

1) The technology is in the *chipset*, not the CPU.
2) It's only in the B and Q series chipsets, so it doesn't apply to you.
3) Only the person who configures the BIOS in the first place (i.e. the owner) can actually remotely disable it.