Re: vPro technology and thinkpads
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This is excellent information! I think the WLAN card slot wouldn't
be a viable solution because of the BIOS whitelisting? Still, the
USB option is there. I've ordered an Atheros USB WLAN card from
thinkpenguin.
This more or less solves, or at least helps, against vPro. But what
about TXT?
It's really a shame for this line of laptops(the x-series). They're
really lightweight, durable, and have a very good IPS screen.
On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:00:04 +0200 name at domain wrote:
>Luckily for free software users, vPro can be avoided by removing
>the built-in
>WLAN card, which requires proprietary firmware anyways. Unless
>there is a
>backdoor built in to a backdoor, then this is likely the easiest
>way to fix a
>problem like this.
>
>Check out:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_vPro#vPro_hardware_requirements
>
>
>According to this, vPro can only function with certain WLAN cards.
>As long as
>the WLAN card is COMPLETELY OUT of your computer, then they should
>not be
>able to access it remotely.
>
>For info on removing it, see:
>http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-
>parts/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-72544
>
>You can buy alternative WLAN cards, which have free chipsets, from
>Amazon or
>ThinkPenguin. They can go in both the USB port and/or the WLAN
>card slot.
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Oh, and btw. This kind of information is very valuable. We should
update it in h-node or a valid equivalent :-)
On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:00:04 +0200 name at domain wrote:
>Luckily for free software users, vPro can be avoided by removing
>the built-in
>WLAN card, which requires proprietary firmware anyways. Unless
>there is a
>backdoor built in to a backdoor, then this is likely the easiest
>way to fix a
>problem like this.
>
>Check out:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_vPro#vPro_hardware_requirements
>
>
>According to this, vPro can only function with certain WLAN cards.
>As long as
>the WLAN card is COMPLETELY OUT of your computer, then they should
>not be
>able to access it remotely.
>
>For info on removing it, see:
>http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-
>parts/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-72544
>
>You can buy alternative WLAN cards, which have free chipsets, from
>Amazon or
>ThinkPenguin. They can go in both the USB port and/or the WLAN
>card slot.
In addition to removing the WiFi card that needs proprietary software (which is reason enough to get rid of it) you should also use Coreboot and get rid of the proprietary BIOS entirely. I bought the ThinkPad X60s specifically because it was supported by Coreboot.
Is that laptop able to be 100% free?
Of course - That's why I selected it.
I am aware there is a BIOS WLAN card whitelist, but I guess I messed up a bit there. What I meant to suggest is a notebook adapter, which is what I currently use. There is currently no whitelist on those.
Here's an example one (works great):
http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-WPC55AG-Dual-Band-Wireless-Notebook/dp/B00008RUJM
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