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Has PC maker Lenovo committed the ultimate breach of customer security?

Posted on February 24, 2015 by pogowasright.org

Michael Hiltzik writes:

The Chinese company Lenovo has become known as the world’s largest PC maker. Now it’s also becoming famous as the computer company that may have committed the worst breach on record of its own customers’ privacy and security.

Think that’s an exaggeration? Security expert Marc Rogers calls Lenovo’s actions “unbelievably ignorant and reckless” and “quite possibly the single worst thing I have seen a manufacturer do to its customer base.”

Read more on the Los Angeles Times.

Related: Open Letter from Lenovo

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