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On that note, Microsoft seem to have taken down the windows digital downloads, OEM CD keys don't work. How would you do a fresh install now?
I had trouble finding Windows 8.1 iso files, but Windows 8.0 isos were easy to find, and upgrading was simple.
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Why buy a computer from a company that has ties to the US government, an authoritarian government that supports dictators in Africa, the Middle-East, South America, and East Asia, including torture, drug smuggling, misogyny, and has itself engaged in abduction, detention without trial, and in relation to this case, illegal interception of communications?
1.) Which US computer company has ties to US government? Literally owned by the government? 2.) How is US government authoritarian? Have you actually lived in a country that has no elected representative?
"Don't blame me - I voted for Kodos." - Homer J. Simpson.
How on earth can Lenovo/Superfish state: "But Superfish tells us it stands by Lenovo’s assessment. “Superfish is completely transparent in what our software does and at no time were consumers vulnerable—we stand by this today.” a company spokeswoman said. “Lenovo will be releasing a statement later today with all of the specifics that clarify that there has been no wrong doing on our end.” Now that an official CERT a…
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Which kinda sounds even worse. It says essentially that they're willing to break critical security components on their entire product line for pennies per device. Hey Lenovo, can you install this root cert I made on your entire product line for me? I'll give you like $20 for it. It's at least better than Superfish - I promise not to include the private key with a trivially-crackable password in the install, so only I…
I think it's more likely they don't thoroughly audit every piece of crapware they allow to install.