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In my eyes, they've already destroyed their brand by selling Thinkpads with BIOS's which automatically compromise clean Windows installs by overwriting files at
by mike-cardwell 11y ago
In my eyes, they've already destroyed their brand by selling Thinkpads with BIOS's which automatically compromise clean Windows installs by overwriting files at boot time. That and the fact they sold Thinkpads containing software which compromised all HTTPS traffic (Superfish).
Speaking as somebody who's current laptop is a Lenovo Thinkpad and who has had three other Thinkpads in the past: This will be my last.
- p_l 11y agoAren't both of those only on non-thinkpad branded machines?
- joshuapants 11y agoI know Superfish was not included on Thinkpads. I am not sure about this latest breach. But that's not terribly important; the company showed that it can't be trusted. If they're so eager to sell out some of their customers, what's to stop them from going a step further in the future? Much as I love Thinkpads, the only reasonable stance from here on out is to presume that every Lenovo computer is compromised by default.
- ekianjo 11y agoThat was not on thinkpads.
- mike-cardwell 11y agoI didn't realise that. Ultimately makes no difference though. They've proven they can't be trusted to produce computers which are safe to use.
- abrookewood 11y agoYes, I have a long history of buying Lenovo ... but those Dell machines are looking way more attractive after this latest fiasco.