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Because everyone loves CCP sponsored back doors in their hardware. I am a solid pass on lenovo for life.

• version_five 5y ago
  I don't think this is remotely credible. Without some evidence it's just scare mongering (although I find it hard to take anyone who automatically jumps to saying CCP when talking about China seriously) Anyway, as someone without even the remotest business or personal connections to China, if someone is spying on me I hope it's them, rather than someone who can actually impact my life
  • perihelions 5y ago
    I think GP was referring to SuperFish, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfish https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9072424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9072424 ("Lenovo Caught Installing Adware on New Computers") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9074110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9074110 ("Extracting the SuperFish certificate") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9524536 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9524536 ("Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish") etc.
    • version_five 5y ago
      This seems to be a windows spyware, the OP refers specifically to hardware, and this discussion is about linux so I don't think he was referring to Superfish. Incidentally, the OP is troll account with -3 Karma so I think he was just trolling anyway, I didn't notice that when I first replied.
      • StopDarkPattern 5y ago
        Yeah CCP shills do say that to those who oppose them ;)