Lenovo pre-installs PCs with HTTPS hijacking adware
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Yeahhhhhh…. Noooooo...
If they are underhanded enough to install something like that on my computer, who else knows what else is lurking yet undiscovered.
I'd burn the whole install. Format/Wipe the drive, install OS from Base OEM distro.
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how do we know hardware is not already compromised too right from get free of charge ??
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To me this speaks volumes to what Lenovo thinks about their customers.
Not that all manufacturers don't hate us but need our $$ so we're a necessary evil, Lenovo got caught.
RSA got caught too and nobody cares, so…
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I always wondered about the big blue split. Seemed mighty strange at the time. Maybe in 40 years we will get the truth…
Anybody remember this:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/circuit070898.htm -
I remember extremely clearly…
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Even Homeland Security is "urging" Lenovo customers to remove it
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/02/20/2357234/homeland-security-urges-lenovo-customers-to-remove-superfish
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The rabbit hole goes even deeper :o :o
http://www.securityweek.com/superfish-ssl-interception-library-found-several-applications-researchers
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Oh how wonderful…
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And it would be good if this class action scared other companies into removing some of the pre-installed crapware from their distributions:
http://www.law360.com/articles/623675/lenovo-hit-with-class-suit-over-pcs-preloaded-spywareMaybe it is time to get serious about jumping from the Windows ship?
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I would have expected that you would already have jumped ship for the most part.
You seem like such a smart guy.
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Maybe it is time to get serious about jumping from the Windows ship?
Yeah because you can't do this in FreeBSD or Linux? Why would you blame Microsoft for a Lenovo issue? Seems like the Chinese have learned something from us, greed!
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I think Microsoft is a known offender by now. Too many complicated holes for it to be an accident.
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So is Google, Linkedin, Facebook and all the other almost free shot on the interwebs….
Get off, live your life and give a fuck!
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The real problem is the CA trust model, when we live in a world where you can trust no one. But then you have to trust someone other wise you might as well live on a deserted Island.
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I can agree with that - It is an issue.
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But then you have to trust someone other wise you might as well live on a deserted Island.
I'd rather trust myself than funding the CAs bullshit business.
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Same here
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Which is worse… McAfee or viruses.... Damn its a tough call...
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I think this article has a good view of the problem.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2894233/web-browsers-are-also-to-blame-for-lenovos-superfish-fiasco.html
