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David F

Lenovo Superfish

PC Manufacturers have been installing crapware in their machines for years, perhaps decades.  I bought a Packard-Bell computer in 1996 that needed to have quite a few "sponsored utilities" cleaned off to make it usable.  This week, Lenovo got caught red-handed installing actual malware: the…

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David F

Wanted: Security Cultural Artifacts

I was in a meeting and someone from another company (but with a good reason to want to know) asked me, Does your organization respect the need for security or do they view the requirements you bring to them as an annoyance and a burden?…

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