Windows used to have an automatic update that turned on during the hours of darkness to look for an internet connection and update itself.
If the laptop is in a bag, it could overheat. If one left it for a number of days unplugged, it might kill battery. Once the battery was low enough, even plugging it into the mains will not allow computer to be turned on. Main Battery must be replaced with a battery that has some charge, even if the mains are there.
Rumor is that Intel ME has its own modem to get online. I do read that with a un-patched Lenovo X230, if one changes the âWiFi Adapterâ from the original, then the laptop will not boot up. As we recently had an Intel Firmware update, and they did not take the opportunity to disable ME, I think that is a statement about how Intel thinks of what they are doing. I read that the Intel ME is still on current processors, but that may have been a rumor.
I read that Intel has a list of potential exploits of firmware, although that does not mean the exploits have ever been used.
I read that no one has ever known Intel ME has ever been used. I would hypothesize that Russia and China know how to use the ME Exploit.
I have read some who say that if the NSA wants to get into your computer stuff, the individual can make it a bit difficult, but the NSA has more resources and tricks that we know of.
I have read that Intel ME is not on Serverâs, but I do not know if that is true.
I would doubt if anything I do is worth releasing some of these exploits on me. I am not important. I can not do anything that is of much interest to the NSA, or other major players. I might come up in a net of interest.
Also keep in mind, the US government supports Tails because it is part of Whistle Blowers. People who rat out bosses and those who steal from the government/corporations. And how the US gets information from citizens of other countries we see as opposed to Human Rights.
So my feeling is that Qubes is not on the bad list of the NSA or US government. I am often incorrect. I like my dream world.