<p dir="ltr">+1</p>
<p dir="ltr">They should have picked a better moniker that. But the ads could have been great.</p>
<p dir="ltr">"Are you worried about the filth your kids see on the Internet?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Komodia will help you keep a lid on that."</p>
<p dir="ltr">It only gets rather potty-mouthed foul from here :-)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 20, 2015 11:12 AM, "Lightner, Jeff" <<a href="mailto:JLightner@dsservices.com">JLightner@dsservices.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">So is it safe to say everyone should flush Komodia?<br>
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Subject: Re: [ale] Way to go Lenovo (not)<br>
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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.<br>
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On Fri, 2015-02-20 at 10:31 -0500, Charles Shapiro wrote:<br>
> More fun with superfish. Looks like a bunch more Winders PCs are more<br>
> vulnerable than Lenovo has admitted. The new watchword is "komodia".<br>
> Y'all have fun out there.<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150219/16143030074/lenovo-quietly-" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150219/16143030074/lenovo-quietly-</a><br>
> deletes-that-bit-about-no-security-concerns-to-superfish-while-superfi<br>
> sh-says-no-consumers-vulnerable.shtml<br>
><br>
><br>
> -- CHS<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> Wipe the drive and install Linux. Problem Solved.<br>
><br>
> On Feb 19, 2015 9:10 PM, "James Earl Smith" <<a href="mailto:feenix3k@aim.com">feenix3k@aim.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> Oh joy I have one of these lemons. What should I do<br>
> with it :-(<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver<br>
> +<a href="mailto:ale@acarver.net">ale@acarver.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Yes, I do recall the sale. Here at work we<br>
> now only have Dell and HP<br>
> (plus Sun and Apple, too.) though I think<br>
> there are some areas where<br>
> Lenovo-as-Thinkpad still shows up.<br>
><br>
> On 2015-02-19 11:02, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> > Recall that Lenovo made all Thinkpads for<br>
> IBM for years.<br>
> ><br>
> > Hmm. Dell probably lobbied to approve the<br>
> sale to Lenovo as Dell picked up the Federal<br>
> laptop sales.<br>
> ><br>
> > On February 19, 2015 1:58:17 PM EST, Alex<br>
> Carver <<a href="mailto:agcarver%2Bale@acarver.net">agcarver+ale@acarver.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> >> I do wonder if there's a slightly darker<br>
> purpose for the installation<br>
> >> considering Lenovo is in China.<br>
> >><br>
> >> On 2015-02-19 09:42, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> >>> Another good reason to NEVER USE THE<br>
> INSTALLED OS.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS wipe the drive and<br>
> install your own OS from<br>
> >> known<br>
> >>> good media.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> But, hey! It's for windoze (l)users so it<br>
> must not be a critical<br>
> >>> machine.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> On Thu, 2015-02-19 at 09:20 -0800, Alex<br>
> Carver wrote:<br>
> >>>> On 2015-02-19 09:17, Alex Carver wrote:<br>
> >>>>><br>
> >><br>
> <a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/lenovo-pcs-ship-with-man-in-the-middle-adware-that-breaks-https-connections/" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/lenovo-pcs-ship-with-man-in-the-middle-adware-that-breaks-https-connections/</a><br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> And once you read that article, read<br>
> their corporate statement.<br>
> >>>><br>
><br>
> <a href="http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1929" target="_blank">http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1929</a><br>
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