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History is not propaganda. Lenovo repeatedly sold out their customers, lied to them, and put them at risk of everything from spying to remote code execution. Th
by autoexec 3y ago
History is not propaganda. Lenovo repeatedly sold out their customers, lied to them, and put them at risk of everything from spying to remote code execution. They've more than earned their reputation and it should haunt them every time they are mentioned.
Maybe after several decades have gone by without incident I might consider that they've changed their ways, but I sure wouldn't count on that happening.
Here's them still not having learned their lesson in Feb of 2021 https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/03/lenovo_indelible_adware/ https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/03/lenovo_indelible_adwa...
Here's them still not having learned their lesson in April of 2022
https://www.zdnet.com/article/lenovo-patches-uefi-vulnerabilities-impacting-millions-of-device-users-worldwide/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/lenovo-patches-uefi-vulnerabil...
Today, I wouldn't trust this company to make an alarm clock (https://blog.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability-spotlight-hard-coded-password-vulnerability-could-allow-attacker-to-completely-take-over-lenovo-smart-clock/ https://blog.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability-spotlight-h...) let alone a laptop.