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Re:Ask HN: Can we trust our CPUs? by X4 on Thursday July 11, 2013 @11:35AM (#6026692)
Can someone please explain if this is true?

"Computers with particular Intel® Core™ vPro™ processors enjoy the benefit of a VNC-compatible Server embedded directly onto the chip, enabling permanent remote access and control."

http://www.realvnc.com/products/viewerplus/

Because if it is true, then your CPU is a potential backdoor given that they have a masterkey or masterpassword.

And I really don't understand how this can work when the computer is turned off, any ideas??

Re:Ask HN: Can we trust our CPUs? by lcedp on Friday July 12, 2013 @10:44AM (#6032842)
When you turn off computer through OS motherboard still stays powered. Later it can wake up itself by bios alarm or wake-on-LAN or this VNC thing.
Re:Ask HN: Can we trust our CPUs? by cdsrv on Friday July 12, 2013 @01:28AM (#6031086)
"turned off" and "unplugged" may be two different things. even older systems have 'wake on lan' capability.