{"id":9891,"date":"2026-07-26T10:11:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T17:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/?p=9891"},"modified":"2026-08-10T17:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:38:07","slug":"did-you-know-cia-nsa-already-have-a-backdoor-inside-your-intel-cpu-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/did-you-know-cia-nsa-already-have-a-backdoor-inside-your-intel-cpu-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you know CIA &#038; NSA Already have a Backdoor inside your Intel CPU Computer ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9566\" style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9566\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9566\" src=\"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Samsung-Spy-Software.jpg\" alt=\"Spy - Causing Chaos\" width=\"293\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Samsung-Spy-Software.jpg 293w, https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Samsung-Spy-Software-150x147.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Intel (and who else is) Spying on Us !<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Your laptop or desktop computer probably has an Intel CPU (<strong>Intel Core i3, i5, i7, i9<\/strong> and many others).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you realize your computer has a SECRET intricate and malicious CPU and operating system <em>Designed-In<\/em> by INTEL ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What is that intricate, secret and malicious CPU and operating system on your INTEL Chip that provides a <strong>backdoor to CIA, NSA, Data Thieves and International Bank-data Hackers ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Intel calls it &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intel_Management_Engine\">Management Engine<\/a>&#8221; and they designed it &#8212; so <a href=\"https:\/\/libreboot.org\/faq.html#intelme\">you can&#8217;t turn it off !<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8221; &#8216;<em><strong>Intel considers disabling ME to be a security vulnerability, as a malware could abuse it to make the computer lose some of the functionality that the typical user expects, such as the ability to play media with DRM<\/strong><\/em>&#8216; &#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=34702825\">which is beyond laughable.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In short, <strong>it could not be more obvious that the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ME is malicious.<\/span>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><em>Intel&#8217;s<\/em> secret CPU &#8220;Management Engine&#8221; allows &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em><strong>full control of affected machines, including the ability to read and modify everything. It can be used to install persistent malware (possibly in firmware), and read and modify any data.<\/strong><\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And it can access the internet to &#8220;phone home&#8221; to Intel or NSA or CIA an d send them any of your data they want.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trust Destroyed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Having been somewhere near the leading edge of the computer industry since the age of Dinosaurs, I never imagined Intel would do anything so subversive. I always held Intel up as a paragon of trustable hardware.<\/p>\n<p>Not ANYMORE !<\/p>\n<p><strong>What can you do about it<\/strong> ?<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Never again buy an Intel based CPU !<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2) There are some minor hacks that can only partially disable it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Never again buy an Intel based CPU !<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4) Sell all your Intel stock ASAP !<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PS Stay Tuned &#8211; HOPE Filed a Freedom of Information Request on July 26, 2026 for records of any contracts CIA has\/had with Intel related to Management Engine.<\/p>\n<p>PPS And it looks like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AMD_Platform_Security_Processor\">AMD has done something similar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>PPPS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pathtopower.global\/dr-vasilis-ververis\">Thank Vassilios Ververis<\/a>,<\/strong> a Swedish student who published his thesis in 2010 on the &#8220;<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">security<\/span><\/strong>&#8221; of Intel\u2019s AMT protocol, used by the ME.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your laptop or desktop computer probably has an Intel CPU (Intel Core i3, i5, i7, i9 and many others). Did you realize your computer has a SECRET intricate and malicious CPU and operating system Designed-In by INTEL ? 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