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At least this did not get as much backlash as Superfish did.

• walterbell 12y ago
  Broadwell Thinkpads were announced a month ago, I wonder how many have shipped already? Superfish affected many Lenovo devices.
  • yuhong 12y ago
    It did not affect ThinkPads, but it did affect the reputation of Lenovo regardless.
  • listic 12y ago
    This started with Haswell. Hardly anyone seems to care :(
• userbinator 12y ago
  Superfish was preinstalled software that could be removed by following a few steps (or installing a clean OS.) Boot Guard is a hardware-level protection that cannot be removed or disabled. Of course the latter is (theoretically) non-malicious, but something of that permanence disturbs me far more than some easily-removed malware. The fact that it is used to ensure that the OS and everything above it is in an "assured state" means that it could also be used to prevent users from uninstalling "approved" software like Superfish.
  • yuhong 12y ago
    I am talking about the press coverage etc.