Security Chip

[CS DBA]

On 2/21/14, 11:54 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, CS DBA wrote:
>
>> Hi All;
>>
>> I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad W540,
>>
>> the specs list this:
>> Security Chip 2              Security Chip Enabled
>>
>> I plan to run Fedora 20 on it. Is this something I should be
>> concerned about? Can it be disabled in the bios?
>    i don't know about that chip, but a few weeks ago, i was down south
> chatting with some military IT contractors, and they told me that in
> most sites they work in, *no* *one* is even allowed into the building
> with a lenovo laptop -- they are considered that insecure/compromised.
>
>    no idea if this relates to your security chip question, but i
> thought i'd share that.
>
> rday
>
Do you have any details as to why? I plan to run Linux on it, does this 
change things?