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With Samsung selling Telescreens to a rabid public, where is a man to go to stay hidden these days?
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I'd hate to be a Lenovo executive or anyone involved in doing this right now. China's already been annoyed by some countries *cough*the US*cough* suggesting that Huawei and other Chinese electronics companies should be banned from government purchasing contracts and from use by major contractors due to spying concerns. And now Lenovo, a Chinese company, goes and pulls a move this boneheaded. I would not be surprised if the Chinese authorities decided examples should be made.
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I smell conspiracy.
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I think if we do anything at THIS point, is thank Lenovo for at least making it a situation that became visible sooner, rather than later.
Still... there should be heads rolling.
Since it can be tested for... I think banking sites should start doing so, and throwing warnings at people about their browsers being compromised. This is superbad. This might well be as bad as Heartbleed and Shellshock, if not worse.
BTW, searching for "komodia products" (because I need to know what to avoid), the first TWO results are about the horrible security nightmare they've created. The third is their product page. I suspect their PR nightmare has only just begun.
Still leaving Lenova in my "never buy" list, though.
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