Our firmware is baked into your machine and we are watching you right now

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Here's a 2014 analysis by Kaspersky of this rootkit: https://securelist.com/analysis/publications/58278/absolute-...

Here's Absolute Software's reply: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/17/kaspersky_computrace...

The Kaspersky post focuses on the PC BIOS rootkit, these days they seem to have added "support" for smartphones and tablets, though it seems as far as Android is concerned, only Samsung is along for the ride.

Microsoft and Samsung (Android) are on the "compatibility" list, Apple is not. Sounds about right.

I found this helpful reading: https://blog.coresecurity.com/2009/08/11/the-bios-embedded-a...

>Remotely invoke security commands to limit damage and protect data during a security incident

Gleefully awaiting the day when this is exploited by an attacker.

I've always wondered how much cheaper the devices would be without such hardware functionality being built in. Surely a good portion of the cost is offset to the consumer for stuff they'd arguably not buy otherwise.

Is this legal? Serious question.