Are thinkpads secure?

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I’ve been reading how Lenovo thinkpads are not secure due to something in the BIOS chip. I know about the super fish a couple years back and the claims that it didn’t affect the T line, but some have said that the bios was still affected.

Is this still true today? Is it better to flash the bios and reinstall the OS?

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You haven't said who your adversary is, so it's difficult to give sensible advice.

If a state power wants your data, they'll get your data, no matter where it is.

The claim is that intels remote management tools can be hacked.

I personally think its true simply because Intel has no incentive to spend money on them being secure. (they are usually bundled with T and other enterprise laptops which live behind a firewall).

I would highly recommend getting a bios from reddit.com/r/thinkpad. I don't think you need to reinstall windows if you bought new but if not then reinstall windows.

I’ll check it out, thanks :)

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