Even if I would not consider "... considered harmful" essays as screamers for attention, I would still take detraction about ME with a grain of salt, because:

* it's easy to counteract, just not use an Intel NIC * it gets a lot of scrutinity * Intel is quite open about what it does, short of releasing signing keys for the firmware * the mobile platforms have similar secure enclaves (think baseband processors on phones), which nobody actually audits

All of these make me think Rutkowska found out that bashing x86 gets her attention, and now she uses it as a beating horse.