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Also, apparently this is just the start for crapware on new PCs - Paul Thurrott said on the podcast Windows Weekly about a week ago that crapware is going to get a lot worse this PC cycle.
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Well, I dunno. In one case Superfish can see all your data and store it on their servers, in the other case _anyone on the internet_ can spoof any site (as soon as someone extracts the key). Either way is pretty bad. But proxying all traffic from all Lenovo laptop owners through a third-party server without someone immediately noticing a problem is just not feasible, so I think we can assume that's not what they're d…
Are you sure? Android Chrome proxies all non-HTTPS traffic through a third-party server, by default. So it isn't like the traffic volume is impossible.
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Well, I dunno. In one case Superfish can see all your data and store it on their servers, in the other case _anyone on the internet_ can spoof any site (as soon as someone extracts the key). Either way is pretty bad. But proxying all traffic from all Lenovo laptop owners through a third-party server without someone immediately noticing a problem is just not feasible, so I think we can assume that's not what they're d…
Are you sure? Android Chrome proxies all non-HTTPS traffic through a third-party server, by default. So it isn't like the traffic volume is impossible.
A Google search on the filename had others saying that it was removable by uninstalling some Lenovo Utility preinstalled.
So for "developer-tier" laptops, i.e. not a netbook, does that pretty much leave Apple as the sole non-shit laptop maker? Is there a chromebook out there that runs linux pretty well if you pull chromeOS off?
You pay a hefty premium for that backlit Apple logo on the lid, and I'd prefer to get something a little more down-to-earth.
I'll just leave this out there : http://www.komodia.com/products/komodia-redirector/
I don't see myself ever bothering to keep the default windows install on a thinkpad but this really hurts my impression of the company regardless. I've had my eye on the new X1s and had planned to upgrade my X201 this year but now I'm having second thoughts. Who if anyone has taken over the place of great laptop for linux / development?
I don't see myself ever bothering to keep the default windows install on a thinkpad but this really hurts my impression of the company regardless. I've had my eye on the new X1s and had planned to upgrade my X201 this year but now I'm having second thoughts. Who if anyone has taken over the place of great laptop for linux / development?
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Mozilla discussion about what to do with the Superfish cert: Bug 1134506 - Mark "Superfish, Inc." root certificate as untrusted in NSS https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1134506
While it is akin to playing whack-a-mole, it's nice to see them seriously considering blocking this cert so users who get a theoretical update in Firefox would have it simply be removed. Granted Superfish could update and get around it but that would require effort and considering the PR nightmare Lenovo is going to be fielding I doubt they would do so.