Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish

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Post by jayess » Mon, May 11, 2015, 1:31 PM UTC

Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish
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Re: Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish

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Post by belorn » Mon, May 11, 2015, 1:58 PM UTC

Going through the list of complaints, it really sound as it should have been a criminal procedure, not civil. One then wonder why that isn't the case here.

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish

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Post by michaelhoffman » Mon, May 11, 2015, 2:06 PM UTC

belorn wrote: post #2

Going through the list of complaints, it really sound as it should have been a criminal procedure, not civil. One then wonder why that isn't the case here.

In the U.S., private prosecutions are not usually allowed. Additionally, government officials with prosecutorial authority have some amount of discretion in choosing which cases to prosecute and limited resources that prevent them from prosecuting every possible case. A private citizen cannot force prosecution, no matter how meritorious the case.

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 11, 2015, 2:16 PM UTC

michaelhoffman wrote: post #3

belorn wrote: post #2

Going through the list of complaints, it really sound as it should have been a criminal procedure, not civil. One then wonder why that isn't the case here.

In the U.S., private prosecutions are not usually allowed. Additionally, government officials with prosecutorial authority have some amount of discretion in choosing which cases to prosecute and limited resources that prevent them from prosecuting every possible case. A private citizen cannot force prosecution, no matter how meritorious the case.

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Re: Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 11, 2015, 2:18 PM UTC

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Re: Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish

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Post by bhartzer » Mon, May 11, 2015, 2:25 PM UTC

Just bought a Lenovo laptop over the weekend for my wife. Sounds to me like it's no longer being installed on the laptops, but will check it to make sure Superfish isn't there.

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish

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Post by rshaban » Mon, May 11, 2015, 2:25 PM UTC

"Notably, Lenovo did not preinstall the Superfish program on any of its computer models that were marketed to businesses or more sophisticated computer users."

That's a particularly damning accusation.

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish

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Post by davis_m » Mon, May 11, 2015, 2:28 PM UTC

rshaban wrote: post #7

"Notably, Lenovo did not preinstall the Superfish program on any of its computer models that were marketed to businesses or more sophisticated computer users." That's a particularly damning accusation.

Not necessarily. Many of the higher end and business models come without spyware of any kind, not just this particular piece of software.

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish

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Post by jakewalker » Mon, May 11, 2015, 2:30 PM UTC

There were a number of lawsuits that were filed against Lenovo as a result of Superfish. I believe the Joint Panel For Multidistrict Litigation will soon (May 28) hear argument about whether and where those cases should be consolidated for pre-trial matters. See: http://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/sites/jpml/files/Hearing%20Orde...

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish

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Post by rshaban » Mon, May 11, 2015, 2:31 PM UTC

I'm pretty curious about who this "Sterling International Consulting Group" suing Lenovo is, their website (http://www.sterling-consulting.com/) 404s...