[Hidden-tech] Lenovo pre-installed adware

[Ed Bride]

Staple's does this sort of thing, but there are plenty of boutique computer
shops that also do it. Here in the Berkshires, my go-to guy is Dave Bimbane
of Computers R Us (Lenox). Your waiting time at Staple's is likely to be
shorter.

Ed

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[mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Robert
Heller
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 7:56 AM
To: Roger Williams
Cc: Hidden Tech
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Lenovo pre-installed adware




This whole thread is a clear argument *against* the idea of OEMs
pre-installing *any* [O/S] software. Not that I expect end-users to be
installing O/S (or really any) software either (that is often a completely
different can of worms). What is really needed is a sort of 'Jiffy Lube'
type of business for computers -- places where non-techies can go to have
their computers 'serviced' -- from O/S installs to 'regular maintaince' (eg
regular software updates and general admin work).  Someplace that is a
'disintersted third party', that is not in the pay of some outside interest
that would have any influence relating to which O/S or what O/S (or other
software) settings or default preferences, etc.

Having an entity with a 'vested' interest installing any software is really
a bad idea.

At Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:01:21 -0500 Roger Williams <roger at qux.com> wrote:

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> Those who are concerned their PC may contain this critical 
> vulnerability (all of the recent Lenovo G, U, Y, Z, S, Flex, MIIX, 
> YOGA, and E Series) can check at https://filippo.io/Badfish/. (The 
> website was designed by one of the same researchers who published a 
> site to scan websites for the catastrophic Heartbleed weakness in 
> OpenSSL.)
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