Intel ME inside

Intel ME exist in all Intel CPUs now.

It's a small closed source OS based on Minix, a Unix-like operating system, in a dedicated chip in the motherboard. It have ultimate privileges over the computer, not detectable by your OS or firewall or antivirus, have it's own network driver so to speak, it can communicate with the internet without you seeing the packets or what is transmitted in them.

The encrypted files on your hard-drive are not safe, ME can …

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