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[–] prairie 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

There's a whole separate embedded processor, with the ability to hijack ethernet. Some even have a 3G cell transceiver in them. Intel ME running MINIX.

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[–] k_digi 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

i count 'intel' under the 'Microsoft' umbrella. but yeah sure - so basically humans can decide as it's fast coming down to having 'no choice' -
i'd personally rather 'a choice'

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[–] Atarian ago 

OpenBSD?

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[–] k_digi ago 

well it's variant 'monolithic kernal' {no initramfs} and avoidance of Udev could certainly be the basisi of a system that might provide a less 'automatic' loss of control for the user.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BSD/comments/2egkob/do_any_of_the_bsds_have_an_equivalent_to_initramfs/