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Agree with the other commenters here that requiring consent and asking for new hardware to be audited isn't really anywhere near enough of a punishment. I've r
by lol768 9y ago
Agree with the other commenters here that requiring consent and asking for new hardware to be audited isn't really anywhere near enough of a punishment.
I've read through the full settlement here: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/1523134_lenovo_united_states_agreement_and_do.pdf https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/1523134_len...
As far as I can tell they've just been ordered to do things they should've been doing already (security testing, asking for consent). Is anyone familiar enough with the relevant US laws in play here to explain why there was no harsher punishment or fine?
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- infogulch 9y agoBecause the FTC has been almost completely declawed. Their powers to protect consumers have been gutted and the whole agency has been reduced to enforcing a few narrowly defined easily bypassed rules, with almost zero powers outside of that.