> What would be the justification for Intel going through all that trouble to do that (besides a conspiratorial "the NSA needs it to spy on everyone")? Well, s

> What would be the justification for Intel going through all that trouble to do that (besides a conspiratorial "the NSA needs it to spy on everyone")? Well, some companies and users use the IME to enable theft-prevention technology. If you can circumvent the IME, you can easily steal a laptop and disable this theft-prevention technology. If that’s worth building an ever more closed walled garden is another question.