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A security vulnerability seems like a different ballgame than intentionally compromising security (aka, installing backdoors). Just one of the Lenovo incidents:
by latch 9y ago
A security vulnerability seems like a different ballgame than intentionally compromising security (aka, installing backdoors). Just one of the Lenovo incidents: https://thehackernews.com/2015/02/lenovo-superfish-malware.html https://thehackernews.com/2015/02/lenovo-superfish-malware.h...
- bildung 9y agoAgain, your link is about consumer devices, not the thinkpad line.
- latch 9y ago"Again"? I'm missing a reference to something? Genuine question, why does the distinction matter?
- bildung 9y agoI think the distinction matters because the Thinkpad line gets handled completely separately from the consumer devices, perhaps because it originally was a different company (IBM). The "Again" wasn't meant to be snarky, sorry. Upthread you posted the same malware point and annother commenter already said that all the adware/malware stuff was consumer-only.
- ksk 9y agoBecause all X are not Y, even if some Y are X.