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I've got a Lenovo T530 and a Lenovo T450s. I wonder if they've released a firmware update yet...?

I can't say I'm surprised, but I am surprised at the fact that finally, after all these years, someone finally got down to patching some vulnerabilities in this area.

props to whomever forced Intel's hand.

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One nice feature of (some) Thinkpads is that the AMT and ME can be "permanently disabled" through the BIOS, presumably by blowing a fuse or similar. Check if yours has this capability.

Otherwise check for updates at http://pcsupport.lenovo.com.

Hopefully, someone can speak further to whether this is a real mitigation and what "permanently" and "disabled" really mean, in this specific context.

I'm don't mean to sound oppositional. I appreciate this being mentioned.

I'm just not willing to trust it without knowing in detail that and how it works.

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