Intel and AMD both embed monitoring processors with unaudited binary OSes in their CPUs: https://boingboing.net/2016/06/15/intel-x86-processors-ship-with.html

Intel and AMD both embed monitoring processors with unaudited binary OSes in their CPUs: https://boingboing.net/2016/06/15/intel-x86-processors-ship-with.html https://boingboing.net/2016/06/15/intel-x86-processors-ship-... Intel calls their spy cpu "Management Engine", AMD calls it "Platform Security Processor." Both run code that sits between the OS you're running and the CPU, for the supposed purpose of remotely managing PCs in an organization.