Security Issue for Lenovo Laptops
Lenovo bundled adware that has a horrible security vulnerability. This impacts Lenovo branded laptops (although reportedly not Thinkpad) sold since at least October, although there are reports of lapt...
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AsheGuy wrote:RayJayco wrote:
People easily forget...
Turbo Tax, McAfee, Symantec, the list is too long of products that have or have had malware in them... Google is one to watch as well...
Exactly. We all enjoy many "free" benefits from the Internet but there is no free lunch.
The Internet is (in addition to its many benefits) one big marketing tool and those that don't realize this are naive. The best we can do is learn to carefully use it.
Lenovo used very poor judgement in their version of spying on us and I think it was particularly insidious. But to think that turning to other companies will avoid corporations that pad their quarterly earnings statements by spying on us is wishful thinking.
Large companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Lenovo, etc, etc, are very sensitive to maintaining their reputation. Those that don't do not remain successful. We will see how Lenovo fares. But they have managed to thrive where IBM failedin the PC marketplace so I would not count them out.
No, not everyone forgets... Maybe you need a bit of a history lesson. IBM started and OWNED the PC industry. There is a reason early PCs were known as "IBM compatible". To say they failed is laughable. It was Lenovo who has slowly driven the brand into the ground.
IBM to Quit Making PCs
Associated Press Email 12.03.04
NEW YORK -- IBM has reportedly put its personal computer business up for sale in a deal that could fetch as much as $2 billion and close an era for an industry pioneer that long ago shifted its focus to more lucrative segments of the computer business. Its stock rose 1.6 percent in early trading in the wake of the report.
AsheGuy wrote:
Right, and that is why I think insidious defines their action. I seriously doubt that if their execs had understood the system compromise that their spying technique would cause that they would have gone down this route. Of course, that is just my personal opinion.
Those execs have a responsibility to KNOW what is going on with their products. Ignorance is NO EXCUSE. We MUST vote with our dollars.
