>no hardware module can spy on an OS that knows exactly how the module works and can actively deny it any access. I don't think so. If you skim through the Int

>no hardware module can spy on an OS that knows exactly how the module works and can actively deny it any access. I don't think so. If you skim through the Intel ME wiki article, which is one of such systems, it works almost completely independently from the computer, having separate and privileged access to different hardware, like the ethernet card, and doing whatever it pleases - including working while the computer itself is turned off. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine