Save the Internet has asked the FCC to fine Comcast for blocking bittorrent traffic.
In filing a "Petition for Declaratory Ruling" with the FCC, these SaveTheInterneters have asked the feds to acknowledge that BitTorrent bagging violates their "Internet Policy Statement"
If I wanted to bug a PC (x86 based) that I was manufacturing, I'd use System Management Mode. If they're manufacturing the PC, they're probably manufacturing the BIOS as well which would allow them to setup SMM.
That way the host OS can't detect anything since the system is stopped while SMM is active. You could sniff traffic, log keystrokes or whatever else you wanted to do. Then just wait for a phone-home signal, the night cleaning crew, etc... to arrive and offload the collected data.
Mausoleum: The final and funniest folly of the rich. -- Ambrose Bierce
