Article VGHM Not just Lenovo: Dell ships computers with self-signed root certificates

Not just Lenovo: Dell ships computers with self-signed root certificates

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Cory Doctorow
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Last February, Lenovo shocked its security-conscious customers by pre-installing its own, self-signed root certificates on the machines it sold. These certificates, provided by a spyware advertising company called Superfish, made it possible for attackers create "secure" connections to undetectable fake versions of banking sites, corporate intranets, webmail providers, etc. (more")

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