Dell ships laptops with security hole since last August
- Halvar
- Location: Baden, DE
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M SSK / Filco MT 2
- Favorite switch: Beam & buckling spring, Monterey, MX Brown
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Yes, it's pretty outrageous what they did there, installing a root certificate and also installing its private key on every laptop, effectively opening up the computer to mitm-attacks for all domains.
Heise.de posted a way to check if the cert is installed on your pc and a how-to for removal, but it's in German: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/ ... 15015.html
Heise.de posted a way to check if the cert is installed on your pc and a how-to for removal, but it's in German: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/ ... 15015.html
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- Location: UK
- Main keyboard: Filco ZERO green alps, Model F 122 Terminal
- Main mouse: Ducky Secret / Roller Mouse Pro 1
- Favorite switch: MX Mount Topre / Model F Buckling
- DT Pro Member: 0167
Not again! Lenovo did this as well at one point. Another good example of why you NEVER EVER use the stock build that comes with your computer. And as 90% of people dont game on a laptop , just use linux.
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
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Open the packaging. Hook up the power. Wipe the hard drive. Standard new PC buying experience!
Of course, like Linux, almost nobody does it. Which is why bundled crapware exists. You know, on Windows. Can't say I ever encounter it myself…
Of course, like Linux, almost nobody does it. Which is why bundled crapware exists. You know, on Windows. Can't say I ever encounter it myself…
- Muirium
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- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
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I've got my ancient PowerBook out for the day, so like 7bit all I see is a placeholder where the video should go. I'll imagine something sarcastic!
- DanielT
- Un petit village gaulois d'Armorique…
- Location: Bucharest/Romania
- Main keyboard: Various custom 60%'s/HHKB
- Main mouse: MS Optical Mouse 200
- Favorite switch: Topre/Linear MX
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No, it's just the classic "oh how nice Mac is and how complicated is to set-up a normal computer... " After having my first contact with a MacPro at work and using it for the last month or so I can say it's not for me, sure it's nice and works and oh how long the battery lasts but I would never trade my T400 for a Mac, I like to be able to open my computer and tinker and whatnot and Linux is better
- derzemel
- Location: Bucharest, Romania
- Main keyboard: FC660C, SSK, TX-1800 Nixie
- Main mouse: Mionix Naos 7000
- Favorite switch: Alps SKCL/SKCM tactile
If Dell did it the same way as Lenovo, by installing the crapware from the part of the BIOS reserved for custom drivers, then it cannot be removed by wiping/changing the hddMuirium wrote: ↑Open the packaging. Hook up the power. Wipe the hard drive. Standard new PC buying experience!
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- Location: UK
- Main keyboard: Filco ZERO green alps, Model F 122 Terminal
- Main mouse: Ducky Secret / Roller Mouse Pro 1
- Favorite switch: MX Mount Topre / Model F Buckling
- DT Pro Member: 0167
On modern systems that will still be on the EFI partition of the hard disk , as far as i am aware there are no custom drivers in the EFI.
- bhtooefr
- Location: Newark, OH, USA
- Main keyboard: TEX Shinobi
- Main mouse: TrackPoint IV
- Favorite switch: IBM Selectric (not a switch, I know)
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andrewjoy: One of Lenovo's scandals (not Superfish) was with pushing the Lenovo Service Engine through the mechanisms typically used by anti-theft software to embed into Windows - on Windows 7 and older, hijacking autochk.exe after the OS is installed, and on Windows 8 and newer, using the Windows Platform Binary Table (which was Microsoft's mechanism to stop anti-theft software from pulling crap like modifying the filesystem behind their back, and let Windows handle the installation of it).
I'm not touching my own employer's issues with certificates with a ten foot pole, though, at least not on a public thread (other than that they've reported that they've now resolved it) - in any case, I've got nothing to do with any of that. (And, my opinions on here are my own, I'm definitely not compensated by Dell for posting on here, etc., etc..)
I'm not touching my own employer's issues with certificates with a ten foot pole, though, at least not on a public thread (other than that they've reported that they've now resolved it) - in any case, I've got nothing to do with any of that. (And, my opinions on here are my own, I'm definitely not compensated by Dell for posting on here, etc., etc..)
- vivalarevolución
- formerly prdlm2009
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: IBM Beam spring
- Main mouse: Kangaroo
- Favorite switch: beam spring
- DT Pro Member: 0097
Please don't ask me to put forth minimal effort to set up Linux on my computer, that's too much.