[justsayinstuff]

Sure it would be easy for them to sneak it in there, but is the US so incompetent that it can not detect it? Otherwise where is the proof of this statistically significant physical spyware?

[TeMPOraL]

Modern electronics are incredibly complex. For instance, did you know that your CPU most likely has its own web server on board? It would be easy for a dedicated party - one that also controls manufacturing - to introduce changes on PCB or even component level. Changes that you'd have no way of figuring out they're there.

[threatofrain]

I'm quite ignorant on this subject and find your statement surprising. Are you talking about modern intel cpu's?

[TeMPOraL]

Correction: it's on the chipset, not CPU itself:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Techno...

Still, it runs out-of-band, it can be accessed even if your computer is turned off, as long as it's plugged in to a power source.

[ionised]

I'm guessing this is something that cannot be disabled in the BIOS/UEFI?

* EDIT * Actually, it looks like you can.

[dragontamer]

Has Superfish / Lenovo already been forgotten?