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What is a MDM? Can it be wiped off, or is it ingrained in the motherboard? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml to c/thinkpad@lemmy.ml

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One of the used Thinkpad I was looking at has a MDM. Is it going to be an issue? If so, can I bypass it? I'm going to be using Linux anyway, so would it cause any issue?

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[–] juice702@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mobile device management. Is this a work device?

[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Looks like it is one. I've been told that a local user account was created to bypass the login screen, but honestly, I'm going to wipe it with Linux anyway, so I wanted to make sure if this wasn't a hardware lock.

[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I would give it a swerve.

[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

you are probably thinking of computrace, a rootkit installed by sysadmins that lives in the bios and can install backdoors, brick the computer, and create police reports. if it's an old thinkpad chances are the subscriptions are probably expired and it will automatically deactivate after about 15 minutes on wifi on windows.

[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

after that, you should choose "permanantly deactivate" in the bios instead of just "inactive"