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Keep it in a drawer. In 10 years time having hardware that you truly own that doesn't spy on you, and open backdoors will seem novel and may be worth a lot of m

Keep it in a drawer. In 10 years time having hardware that you truly own that doesn't spy on you, and open backdoors will seem novel and may be worth a lot of money as a result!

emsy 10y ago
If it's an Intel laptop with an Intel ME the op is already out of luck.
- hbogert 10y ago
  If it's an AMD, chances are pretty high as well.
- Scarblac 10y ago
  It's tech. In 10 years the spying tools of that time won't be compatible with current Intel ME chips.
  - adrianN 10y ago
    Implying the government doesn't run on hardware that is at least ten years old.
    - cptskippy 10y ago
      It only runs on proven technology that's no less than 30 years old.
akerro 10y ago
It will be even more useless in 10 years than it is now. Think that technology changes, there are new hardware standards, soon you won't be able to use pendrive without having webUSB driver installed.
- bbcbasic 10y ago
  There will probably be no USB. All data in the cloud. Printer, Keyboard etc. will connect using Wifi or something.
anotheryou 10y ago
But no security updates.