Their hypothetical does have weight, though. Damn near every desktop/laptop computer does have "a hidden little core running a hidden little OS" nowadays, after

Their hypothetical does have weight, though. Damn near every desktop/laptop computer does have "a hidden little core running a hidden little OS" nowadays, after all.[0] Obviously this particular one isn't in non-Intel equipment, but... [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine