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Speaking of Lenovo being full of shit, there's also this gem: > The relationship with Superfish is not financially significant; our goal was to enhance the exp

Speaking of Lenovo being full of shit, there's also this gem: > The relationship with Superfish is not financially significant; our goal was to enhance the experience for users. Right. You loaded adware onto users' computers, not for financial gain, but to enhance the experience for them.

jacquesm 12y ago
I totally detest such language.
ocdtrekkie 12y ago
This was the greatest part of the whole document. Absolutely freaking hilarious.
takluyver 12y ago
Ads? No, this is extra, potentially relevant information! And at no extra cost!
Someone 12y ago
There's also the difference between what they say: "We will not preload *this* software in the future." and what they don't say: "We will not preload *such* software in the future." (Emphasis added)
- compbio 12y ago
  The entirely fictitious: [Superfish technology sends your data to a third party ad server. We then use this data to create behavioral profiles on you, we process this data, and we monitor it. Finally we record all this data in our backups for up to 10 years.] is consistent with: To be clear, Superfish technology is purely based on contextual/image and not behavioral. It does not profile nor monitor user behavior. It does not record user information. It does not know who the user is. edit: clarified.
  - puredemo 12y ago
    Where is the first line from? Pretty egregious misrepresentation from Lenovo if that's true.
JimmyM 12y ago
I've been thinking about this. If I put my tinfoil hat on, I think they're telling the truth. > The relationship with Superfish is not financially significant; Again, with my tinfoil hat on, I believe this. I believe that either Israeli (check out Superfish's background and connections) or Chinese governmental groups have forced Lenovo into loading this awful malware onto its machines. > our goal was to enhance the experience for users. Not their goal in loading adware, but their goal in general. They are drawing a line (or semicolon) between what they wanted to do, and what the dark and mysterious forces behind Superfish forced them to do. Again, tinfoil hat. This is all very conspiracy theory-ish.

jacquesm 12y ago

I totally detest such language.

ocdtrekkie 12y ago

This was the greatest part of the whole document. Absolutely freaking hilarious.

takluyver 12y ago

Ads? No, this is extra, potentially relevant information! And at no extra cost!

Someone 12y ago

There's also the difference between what they say: "We will not preload *this* software in the future." and what they don't say: "We will not preload *such* software in the future." (Emphasis added)

compbio 12y ago
The entirely fictitious: [Superfish technology sends your data to a third party ad server. We then use this data to create behavioral profiles on you, we process this data, and we monitor it. Finally we record all this data in our backups for up to 10 years.] is consistent with: To be clear, Superfish technology is purely based on contextual/image and not behavioral. It does not profile nor monitor user behavior. It does not record user information. It does not know who the user is. edit: clarified.
- puredemo 12y ago
  Where is the first line from? Pretty egregious misrepresentation from Lenovo if that's true.

JimmyM 12y ago

I've been thinking about this. If I put my tinfoil hat on, I think they're telling the truth. > The relationship with Superfish is not financially significant; Again, with my tinfoil hat on, I believe this. I believe that either Israeli (check out Superfish's background and connections) or Chinese governmental groups have forced Lenovo into loading this awful malware onto its machines. > our goal was to enhance the experience for users. Not their goal in loading adware, but their goal in general. They are drawing a line (or semicolon) between what they wanted to do, and what the dark and mysterious forces behind Superfish forced them to do. Again, tinfoil hat. This is all very conspiracy theory-ish.