Arthur BesseA to Technology • 2 years agoLenovo announces the first Arm-based ThinkPadarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square9arrow-up149arrow-down11
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minus-square@const_voidlink8•2 years agoLenovo has not been a friend to FOSS in the past. I expect more evil shit embedded into this platform too.
minus-squareDochyolink9•2 years agoI’m not familiar, citations? What kind of “evil shit” are we talking about?
minus-square@const_voidlink5•2 years agohttps://medium.com/@p0358/removing-wlan-wwan-bios-whitelist-on-a-lenovo-laptop-to-use-a-custom-wi-fi-card-f6033a5a5e5a https://www.itpro.com/desktop-hardware/29396/lenovo-settles-superfish-spyware-lawsuit-for-35m https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/14/lenovo-service-engine-pre-installed-security-superfish
minus-squareDochyolink3•2 years agoPutting malware in the bios is pretty evil, i’ll give you that. You also said their no friend of foss, have they been hostile to it or do you just mean they don’t support it?
Lenovo has not been a friend to FOSS in the past. I expect more evil shit embedded into this platform too.
I’m not familiar, citations? What kind of “evil shit” are we talking about?
https://medium.com/@p0358/removing-wlan-wwan-bios-whitelist-on-a-lenovo-laptop-to-use-a-custom-wi-fi-card-f6033a5a5e5a
https://www.itpro.com/desktop-hardware/29396/lenovo-settles-superfish-spyware-lawsuit-for-35m
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/14/lenovo-service-engine-pre-installed-security-superfish
Putting malware in the bios is pretty evil, i’ll give you that. You also said their no friend of foss, have they been hostile to it or do you just mean they don’t support it?