Well, yes, firewalls are there, from the OS. But a hardware black box is a black box, opaque by definition, beyond the realms of the operating system. We alread

Well, yes, firewalls are there, from the OS. But a hardware black box is a black box, opaque by definition, beyond the realms of the operating system. We already know some (if not most) hardware subsystems already have their own (maybe) limited OS, lighting up even before the main OS boot. What about hardware black boxes with covert networking capabilities no OS can see? I also know that in the case of Windows 10 or 11 (or previous versions?), lots of action is happening without the knowledge of users, behind what is reported by firewall softwares. What about Linux OSes? I'm not succumbing to paranoia here, and I know there are lots of specialised softwares and tools that can intercept and analyze traffic, but I'll never use these, as for most computing device users. Right now, OS's get to spy on us in many ways. >This< will permit hardware vendors to do the same, and worse. Why should I use a computer that has some other computers within it doing all sorts if computation and communication I don't know about?