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I like these catchy titles. How long is this going to last? We have hackers who can crack iPhone pin codes designed to be secure and make hacking impossible. I

• b2m9 10y ago
  I think that's not really the point here. If the story turns out to be true, then Microsoft is abusing its market power to lock down devices from vendors like Lenovo and friends. Since Microsoft got into trouble with the EU before, they should know that this could potentially cause another investigation. Hands down, a big company is actively trying to make devices unusable with anything but their software. This is not in the interest of consumers, therefore probably illegal in some regions.
• borplk 10y ago
  That's not the point. I'm not paying thousands of dollars to get something that needs to be "cracked" to work the way I want. Lenovo will not see a single dollar of mine, ever.
• Sylos 10y ago
  Someone already managed to break it. If I understood it correctly by somehow overwriting the ROM. That's not the point, though, as others have already said.