Privacy is only dead if we let it die. Be careful about the all-or-nothing mindset in data privacy, it can do more damage than good to the cause. While striving for improvements, do not forget to cheer and celebrate each small win.
It is a compromise, and it all depends on your threat model; everything is probably “backdoored” some way or another.
However the productive thing isn’t 100% blocking these risks, it’s mitigating it. It’s not feasible to build your own processor, so for example, choose the least worse between Intel ME and AMD PSP. It’s sad that we have to live in a world where surveillance is everywhere, but this is how it is for now.
tl;dr: don’t worry too much about these, you’ll still be backdoored one way or another, what is important is making it harder for them
I’ll repost an old comment of mine, since it’s relevant:
Make your fed earn his salary!
Fuck u Joe.
Do you not think Purism’s Librem laptop actually disable Intel ME?
Purism is a scam company
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKegmu0V75s
Say what You like. You’re just flat out wrong. I’ve got a Librem 13 and a Librem 5 so I know you’re wrong.