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by creshal 3968 days ago
CompuTrace has been doing it for years for their "Theft Protection". Opt-out, too, and included on about every Windows laptop.
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There is no setting I can see to opt-out of what the Lenovo is doing. It's not an anti-theft software, it's software that makes popups appear, asking you to install their software.
Yea, the arms race against laptop thieves is ridiculous.