[collinmanderson]

It's still possible to monitor that traffic, especially at the corporate firewall level, or use a Raspberry Pi, or use an old, pre-ME computer.

Until there is evidence, this is technically just a government conspiracy theory.

[unixhero]

It isn't a conspiracy when the feared idea has been confirmed. There is a separate os running on the cpu to monitor and control each and every single one of new intel machines.

[collinmanderson]

Right, but there's no confirmation of any remote access or spying going on.