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I'm shocked to say that the Thinkpad x260 does not have AMT at all. Shocked not because I think it's a huge conspiracy to control your computer but because I h
by INTPenis 10y ago
I'm shocked to say that the Thinkpad x260 does not have AMT at all.
Shocked not because I think it's a huge conspiracy to control your computer but because I honestly do believe AMT was made with the best intentions of providing a level of theft mitigation for devices. Just like "Find my Mac" from Apple that seems to get very little flack.
I'd be surprised if this meant that my pretty expensive Lenovo Thinkpad X-series lacks theft protection.
- Angostura 10y agoWhen you first set up your Mac, you are asked explicitly whether you want Find My Mac turned on and the Preference to turn it off is then in plain sight in the iCloud preferences. In what way are the two comparable?
- Saavedro 10y agoi don't think anyone has found a machine yet where AMT is enabled out of the box either
- wfn 10y agoAMT is enabled by default (but not provisioned) on an X220, for example.
- Saavedro 10y agosorry, I meant provisioned. As far as I know (could be wrong) it doesn't even listen to any network ports until its provisioned
- wfn 10y agoAh, then yes, it seems, and you should be right (at least in principle - I'm not sure, either) with regards to network ports. (I've done some light scanning out of curiosity, but that's only anecdotal...)
- ac29 10y agoLenovo lists the X260 as vulnerable to CVE-2017-5689 [0], implying it supports AMT. My X240 definitely has AMT, it would be a bit odd for them to remove it in later generations. [0] https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-14963 https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-14963
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- eikenberry 10y agoMy X230 does as well.