>DMA, TCP/IP stack that can use onboard ethernet without the host OS being aware, closed source, unremovable, etc
You do know a wifi card has the same capabilities, right? There are many processors in your computer that can talk to the rest of the system in a privileged way.
>there absolutely have been serious exploits in ME and PSP,
Such as? I wouldn't call any of the found vulnerabilities serious.
>that they pose a grave security and privacy threat even outside the context of a government backdoor conspiracy.
Okay, but you need to balance those problems with the very real security benefits this allows Intel to offer.
You do know a wifi card has the same capabilities, right? There are many processors in your computer that can talk to the rest of the system in a privileged way.
>there absolutely have been serious exploits in ME and PSP,
Such as? I wouldn't call any of the found vulnerabilities serious.
>that they pose a grave security and privacy threat even outside the context of a government backdoor conspiracy.
Okay, but you need to balance those problems with the very real security benefits this allows Intel to offer.