[ajxs]

The points you make in your post are very valid. My post was made in the context of the Intel ME's wide range of invasive capabilities. If your purpose was to perform surveillance on your customers, the ME would grant you even more reach than BIOS firmware would. You've already addressed the fact that users need to trust the quality of their firmware at face value. This is hard enough already, let alone with hardware vendors being able to access the ME.

Just to clarify ( as if I haven't clarified this enough ), I'm in favor of Intel releasing the keys.