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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I lived through that era working in IT. But just because they left the market they had earlier created hardly makes them a failure. I saw a lot of IBM PCs, servers, laptops and even Token Ring in my day. As with WordPerfect and NetWare, sometimes the best technology didn't win the marketing wars.
And yes, he uses the term insidious. But, IMO, he goes on to defend the actions of those companies who are secretly loading dangerous software onto our PCs. To say that "The best we can do is learn to carefully use it." is wrong-thinking. We can (and I do) do more than that. We can decline to purchase products from those companies. That's one of the main things wrong with America today. Even when we recognize we are being harmed by Big Business (or the government) we shrug our shoulders and say "Oh well, there's nothing I can do about it so I'll just roll over and take it."
He also suggests company executives can deny culpability because they didn't know what the programmers were coding into their products. How is that not negligence?!?
I'll admit it's possible I'm misinterpreting his statements, but I really don't think so. Having worked for IBM for 36 years, I'm sure he is thoroughly indoctrinated in their "Big Business" mentality.
And yes, he uses the term insidious. But, IMO, he goes on to defend the actions of those companies who are secretly loading dangerous software onto our PCs. To say that "The best we can do is learn to carefully use it." is wrong-thinking. We can (and I do) do more than that. We can decline to purchase products from those companies. That's one of the main things wrong with America today. Even when we recognize we are being harmed by Big Business (or the government) we shrug our shoulders and say "Oh well, there's nothing I can do about it so I'll just roll over and take it."
He also suggests company executives can deny culpability because they didn't know what the programmers were coding into their products. How is that not negligence?!?
I'll admit it's possible I'm misinterpreting his statements, but I really don't think so. Having worked for IBM for 36 years, I'm sure he is thoroughly indoctrinated in their "Big Business" mentality.
