[ale] Way to go Lenovo (not)
Jim Kinney
jim.kinney at gmail.com
Fri Feb 20 11:23:15 EST 2015
+1
They should have picked a better moniker that. But the ads could have been
great.
"Are you worried about the filth your kids see on the Internet?
Komodia will help you keep a lid on that."
It only gets rather potty-mouthed foul from here :-)
On Feb 20, 2015 11:12 AM, "Lightner, Jeff" <JLightner at dsservices.com> wrote:
> So is it safe to say everyone should flush Komodia?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim
> Kinney
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 10:57 AM
> To: Charles Shapiro
> Cc: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Way to go Lenovo (not)
>
> Nice! Looks like parental spyware is exactly that - spyware. What a way to
> collect passwords for banks and work email. Sell a spyware tool on
> fearmongering and use that tool to do EXACTLY what they are afraid of.
>
> On Fri, 2015-02-20 at 10:31 -0500, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> > More fun with superfish. Looks like a bunch more Winders PCs are more
> > vulnerable than Lenovo has admitted. The new watchword is "komodia".
> > Y'all have fun out there.
> >
> > https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150219/16143030074/lenovo-quietly-
> > deletes-that-bit-about-no-security-concerns-to-superfish-while-superfi
> > sh-says-no-consumers-vulnerable.shtml
> >
> >
> > -- CHS
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > Wipe the drive and install Linux. Problem Solved.
> >
> > On Feb 19, 2015 9:10 PM, "James Earl Smith" <feenix3k at aim.com>
> > wrote:
> > Oh joy I have one of these lemons. What should I do
> > with it :-(
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver
> > +ale at acarver.net> wrote:
> > Yes, I do recall the sale. Here at work we
> > now only have Dell and HP
> > (plus Sun and Apple, too.) though I think
> > there are some areas where
> > Lenovo-as-Thinkpad still shows up.
> >
> > On 2015-02-19 11:02, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > > Recall that Lenovo made all Thinkpads for
> > IBM for years.
> > >
> > > Hmm. Dell probably lobbied to approve the
> > sale to Lenovo as Dell picked up the Federal
> > laptop sales.
> > >
> > > On February 19, 2015 1:58:17 PM EST, Alex
> > Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:
> > >> I do wonder if there's a slightly darker
> > purpose for the installation
> > >> considering Lenovo is in China.
> > >>
> > >> On 2015-02-19 09:42, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > >>> Another good reason to NEVER USE THE
> > INSTALLED OS.
> > >>>
> > >>> ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS wipe the drive and
> > install your own OS from
> > >> known
> > >>> good media.
> > >>>
> > >>> But, hey! It's for windoze (l)users so it
> > must not be a critical
> > >>> machine.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Thu, 2015-02-19 at 09:20 -0800, Alex
> > Carver wrote:
> > >>>> On 2015-02-19 09:17, Alex Carver wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>
> >
> http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/lenovo-pcs-ship-with-man-in-the-middle-adware-that-breaks-https-connections/
> > >>>>
> > >>>> And once you read that article, read
> > their corporate statement.
> > >>>>
> >
> > http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1929
> >
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> James P. Kinney III
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