According to Tom's Hardware, AMD has quietly disabled memory encryption on consumer Ryzen processors through a recent AGESA firmware update. The security feature, which protected data stored in RAM, vanished from systems without clear notification to users—many remained unaware they'd lost this protection. When pressed for explanation, AMD engineers have declined to publicly address the change, leaving the security community to speculate about the reasoning. The removal represents a significant shift in AMD's approach to consumer CPU security.

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