Article 31F5X FTC settles with Lenovo over selling laptops deliberately infected with Superfish spyware

FTC settles with Lenovo over selling laptops deliberately infected with Superfish spyware

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Cory Doctorow
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced a settlement with Lenovo over the 2015 revelation that the company pre-installed malware called "Superfish" on its low-end models, which allowed the company to spy on its customers, and also left those customers vulnerable to attacks from third parties, who could exploit Superfish's weakened security. (more")

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