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The odd thing is that I don't remember this, do you have a link. I mean, I remember the Bloomberg article that claimed unauthorized physical embeds on PCBs from
by javajosh 7y ago
The odd thing is that I don't remember this, do you have a link. I mean, I remember the Bloomberg article that claimed unauthorized physical embeds on PCBs from China. But I don't remember the Indestructible Lenovo Spyware scandal!
- sneak 7y agohttps://www.zdnet.com/article/lenovo-rootkit-ensured-its-software-could-not-be-deleted/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/lenovo-rootkit-ensured-its-sof...
- rahimnathwani 7y agoNice explanation of how it works: https://www.howtogeek.com/226308/the-windows-platform-binary-table-why-crapware-can-come-back-after-a-clean-install/ https://www.howtogeek.com/226308/the-windows-platform-binary...
- onemoresoop 7y agoThe trend seems unstoppable, windows telemetry is not optional, apple owns your system, google reads theough your personal information, etc. Pointing only to lenovo isn’t better than pointing to this general tendency of collecting our data non-optionally