Re: [Trisquel-users] "Secret" 3G Intel Chip Gives Snoops Backdoor PC Access

[chris]

I'm pretty confident that the 3g is not built into the chips. It's dependent  
on the system having a compatible 3g card installed. So while this story has  
some level of truth to it it they made assumptions and stretched that truth.

If 3g was actually embedded in the chip somehow and I'm pretty confident its  
not you'd be able to detect it. Think about that for a moment. The chip has  
to send out a radio signal of some kind. Plus there is going to have to be an  
antenna of some kind or the reception would be horrible.