Who controls your computer? and how to make sure it's you
The article is dated.<p>The game changed fundamentally with the introduction of the Intel Management Engine (or the AMD Platform Security Processor) on the x86 platform. The system is now "deep pwned" as described in point 3.1.1 of the article. The manufacturer has ultimate control of the platform, the user has been disowned.<p><a href="https://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2016-April/010912.html" rel="nofollow">https://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2016-April/0...</a><p><a href="https://youtu.be/rcwngbUrZNg?t=17m41s" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/rcwngbUrZNg?t=17m41s</a><p><a href="https://blog.invisiblethings.org/papers/2015/x86_harmful.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://blog.invisiblethings.org/papers/2015/x86_harmful.pdf</a><p><a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4302-6572-6" rel="nofollow">https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4302-6572-6</a>