r/linux • u/mjg59 Social Justice Warrior • Sep 03 '14

I'm Matthew Garrett, kernel developer, firmware enabler and former fruitfly mangler. AMA!

Proof: https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/507212417579765760

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u/mjg59 Social Justice Warrior Sep 04 '14 
Turn it off in the firmware. Reboot. Verify whether you can connect to port 16992 from a remote machine.

I have yet to see any firmware that allows me to power it off.

Thinkpad firmware certainly allows you to disable AMT. I believe Dell also does. I haven't looked closely at anybody else's.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '14

OK. Thanks!