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Lenovo CTO: We’re Working to Wipe Superfish App Off of PCs

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Re: Lenovo CTO: We’re Working to Wipe Superfish App Off of PCs

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Post by rmason »

The reason the app is there is because they care more about taking money from AdWare providers than their customers.

The only thing that will change going forward is they're going to do more due diligence on their AdWare suppliers before agreeing to the deal.

Re: Lenovo CTO: We’re Working to Wipe Superfish App Off of PCs

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Post by packetized »

"We’re not trying to get into an argument with the security guys. They’re dealing with theoretical concerns." - Peter Hortensius

I'd say that someone having cracked out the password for the private key is a bit more than a 'theoretical' concern. This might be the most tone-deaf handling of a potential PR disaster so far this year.

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Post by vinhboy »

> Hortensius: In general, we get pretty good feedback from users on what software we pre-install on computers.

LOL. Yes sir! The internet is filled with people happy about bloatware...

I seriously wonder how much money they make off these bloatware providers to risk pissing off customers and devalue their brand.

It can't be that much can it?

Re: Lenovo CTO: We’re Working to Wipe Superfish App Off of PCs

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Post by AceJohnny2 »

packetized wrote: post #4

"We’re not trying to get into an argument with the security guys. They’re dealing with theoretical concerns." - Peter Hortensius I'd say that someone having cracked out the password for the private key is a bit more than a 'theoretical' concern. This might be the most tone-deaf handling of a potential PR disaster so far this year.

This is cluebat level of ignorance. I want to apply the "don't ascribe to malice what can adequately be explained by ignorance" maxim, but I'm having trouble with the "adequately" here. Either they managed to live under a rock and completely ignore everything related to the Snowden revelations, or they're willfully dismissing it.

Such a pity, I was looking forward to getting an X1...

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