Intel and ME, and why we should get rid of ME
Intel remote management with support for using the wireless card is something that got me quite terrified when I first tried on my T420. Basically, no recent intel laptop can ever be secured, unless you physically remove the wireless and wired network card.<p>Intel has a jolly video demoing how to pwn a machine remotely (framed in the positive light of taking control and fixing a boot problem by the it service desk):<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.intel.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;www&#x2F;us&#x2F;en&#x2F;remote-support&#x2F;remote-support-vpro-easy-operating-system-reimaging-video.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.intel.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;www&#x2F;us&#x2F;en&#x2F;remote-support&#x2F;remote...</a><p>This is for 6th generation+ cpus, but the systems in older cpus are also quite powerful. And can&#x27;t really be protected beyond using a password&#x2F;passphrase. I&#x27;m not sure (and probably no-one knows) if there&#x27;s also a golden key&#x2F;backdoor.<p>(I wonder if the video is actually narrated by 
Zach Woods (Donald &#x27;Jared&#x27; Dunn from Silicon Valley) - or if it just sounds a bit like that).<p>At any rate, if watching that jolly video doesn&#x27;t fill you with fear, I&#x27;d say you&#x27;re not sufficiently paranoid.