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Yet Another Compromising Preinstalled "Glitch" In Lenovo Laptops
New submitter execthis writes: Japanese broadcaster NHK is reporting that yet another privacy/security-compromising "glitch" has been found to exist in preinstalled software on Lenovo laptops. The article states that the glitch was found in Spring and that in late July Lenovo began releasing a program to uninstall the difficult-to-remove software. The article does not specify, but it could be referring to a BIOS utility called Lenovo Service Engine (LSE) for which Lenovo has released a security advisory with links to removal tools for various models.
We are just seeing the tip of an iceberg here - we can't trust our computers anymore.
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker would destroy civilization.
FFS, courtesy of the TSA backdooring luggage locks, even the locks are worthless these days.
http://boingboing.net/2015/08/21/make-your-own-tsa-universal-lu.html
Spotify decides to help itself to all your data on your phone on an upgrade. And Google make a phone that permits that.
Samsung installs spyware/helpware on their phones and tablets that let it take over the tablet remotely and do *everything*, read everything, fake SMSs intercept calls, the lot. Hackers backdoor this and suddenly people are aware their stuff is just spyware only because hackers 'misuse' it, as if that feature was ever useful.
HTTPS/TLS is backdoored because certificate authorities are NSA backdoors.
Uber has its 'god' app that spies on its customers wherever they go and whoever they meet with.
It's like governments have abrogated their duty to protect people from this kind of shit and companies like Uber and Lenovo are having a field day.