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?
Mobile device management. Is this a work device?
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.
I would give it a swerve.
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.
after that, you should choose “permanantly deactivate” in the bios instead of just “inactive”
