Never heard of it? On x86 he’s not wrong, Intel ME and AMD ST are enabled in mobo and Intel ME run another secret minix OS that bypasses all your security.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine
>The Intel Management Engine always runs as long as the motherboard is receiving power, even when the computer is turned off. This issue can be mitigated with deployment of a hardware device, which is able to disconnect mains power.
>The Intel ME is an attractive target for hackers, since it has top level access to all devices and completely bypasses the operating system. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has voiced concern about Intel ME and some security researchers have voiced concern that it is a backdoor.
> Intel's main competitor AMD has incorporated the equivalent AMD Secure Technology (formally called Platform Security Processor) in virtually all of its post-2013 CPUs.
You can buy boards with it disabled, some Dell devices have the option to disable it, some flashing can be done on mobos to clear ME unofficially, but assume everything has it unless you only otherwise.