You can disable it, and maybe remove it one day completely (I’d count replacing all of the intel code as removing it)
Libreboot already disables the Intel ME by default, using me_cleaner, but the T480/T480s specifically have an additional quirk:
One of the benefits of deguard for Intel MEv11 is that it sets the ME in such a state where you can run unsigned code in there. This is how the Intel Boot Guard was disabled, because it is the ME that enforces such restrictions; more information about deguard is available on a dedicated page.
The deguard utility could also be used to enable the red-unlock hack, which would permit unsigned execution of new CPU microcode, though much more research is needed. Because of these two facts, this makes the T480/T480s the most freedom-feasible of all relatively modern x86 laptops.
With deguard, you have complete control of the flash. This is unprecedented on recent Intel systems in Libreboot, so it’s certainly a very interesting port!
Libreboot uses both me_cleaner and deguard on the T480/T480s.
Mofo still on pentium III. Wait few more years, and you can sell it to a museum.
Without IME they will become very valuable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine
Didn’t libreboot remove it on t480?
You can’t remove IME completely, but depending on the generation of the chip you can nerf it somewhat.
You can disable it, and maybe remove it one day completely (I’d count replacing all of the intel code as removing it)
How reliable is that?
2001 is xp era. Too new for my taste.