[DM-MUG] What about "Big Brother inside"

[pegleg]

Intel's new chips have a sub "operating system" on the chip that runs under the
software OS. At this point it is a bit mysterious how this works and what this
means for the control you exert over your Mac.

http://www.zeropaid.com/news/5427/Intel+quietly+ships+Pentium+D+with+DRM/

The real question is how much control will this take away from the user? Apple
seems to be embracing this technology along with Intel. Sounds a bit intrusive if
others can check to see what you have on your hard drive. As the article says:

"Intel is heavily promoting what it calls "active management technology" (AMT) in
the new chips as a major plus for system administrators and enterprise IT.
Understood to be a sub-operating system residing in the chip's firmware, AMT will
allow administrators to both monitor or control individual machines independent of
an operating system"