Intel had better make this an opt-in, and then opt-in again option. AMD will clean house otherwise. The number of use cases where this can go horribly wrong, e

Intel had better make this an opt-in, and then opt-in again option. AMD will clean house otherwise. The number of use cases where this can go horribly wrong, either due to malice, or indeed because of an Intel software update error far outweighs the potential benefits to me as an individual. My principal worries if my laptop gets stolen are. a. that I can recover my work --> backups b. that my data remains protected --> encryption Bricking a stolen laptop does not do much for either. The only way I can see this being a good thing, is if sufficient numbers of stolen laptops get bricked, and this in turn lowers the overall laptop theft rate. Not sure that this will happen though. Many mobile phones have had this option for a while, and still phones get stolen.