Question What does vPro disabled really mean?

[Cyberpunk99]

I have been unable to get a straight answer from Dell on this and cannot get through to Intel.

If you buy a Precision laptop with vPro disabled, is there any possibility of it calling back to any remote management capability or cloud? This is really the only thing standing in my way from ordering due to security concerns.

I'm looking at this Precision for example: https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/workstations/new-16-5690/spd/precision-16-5690-laptop/xctop5690usvp

 

[hotaru.hino]

In theory, no. But these are features of the platform that are likely turned on and off by software switches, so there's always the possibility of it being turned on if someone pokes at the right places.

However if you get to the point where that happens, you're already hosed.