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Re:Yet another pre-installed spyware app discovered on Lenov... by JoshTriplett on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @04:24PM (#10267894)
You say "encrypted" and "signed" as though that's a bad thing. When they're used against the owner of the system, sure; however, they can also be used by the owner of the system to protect themselves. "Only runs authorized code" can be a good thing as long as you're the one doing the authorizing.
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Re:Yet another pre-installed spyware app discovered on Lenov... by jamiesonbecker on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @08:11PM (#10269126)
> "Only runs authorized code" can be a good thing as long as you're the one doing the authorizing.
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Re:Yet another pre-installed spyware app discovered on Lenov... by jamiesonbecker on Thursday September 24, 2015 @01:20PM (#10273007)
as you're the one doing the authorizing [signing].
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