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This is an exploit in the shitty software that OEMs put on their Windows images. Stuff like this is practically universal (minus Apple), and the fact that Dell
by the_pwner224 8y ago
This is an exploit in the shitty software that OEMs put on their Windows images. Stuff like this is practically universal (minus Apple), and the fact that Dell hasn't (AFAIK) actively bundled very evil malware with their computers makes them far from the worst offender.
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- tssva 8y agoApple bundles plenty of software on their computers which I don't want, have never used, which increase the potential attack surface and which I can't uninstall. For example Apple Maps, Apple News, Home, and Books. In fact you can't uninstall any of the apps shipped with macOS. Not even the chess program.
- MagicPropmaker 8y agoExactly! With Windows you do have choices. I bought a desktop PC from ThinkMate configured exactly as I wanted it with a plain vanilla Windows 10.
- carleton 8y agoAs another user said- "It's barely 5 megabytes.. and it's probably not connecting to anything. The protections for pre-installed apps help to make sure nothing else tampers with them, e.g. injecting some malware, but I'm sure you can remove those protections and reclaim the 5 MB if you really wanted to." [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19803067 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19803067
- tssva 7y agoChess was given as an example because it is the most ridiculous thing that can't be removed. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19809880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19809880 for my full response to the other user.