<div dir="ltr"><div>Huh. This is pretty interesting. I wonder what would happen on an fdisk-and-clean-install of a Linux system here. It looks like the code which is run from inside the BIOS assumes a Windows install on the hard-drive, but from the article I can't tell whether that's the case. Presumably those "business-oriented laptops" have UEFI enabled and the BIOS locked, so you can't install a non-Microsoft-sanctioned OS on them anyways.<br><br></div>-- CHS<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 7:34 PM, Alex Carver <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agcarver+ale@acarver.net" target="_blank">agcarver+ale@acarver.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/lenovo-used-windows-anti-theft-feature-to-install-persistent-crapware/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/lenovo-used-windows-anti-theft-feature-to-install-persistent-crapware/</a><br>
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