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Re:Apple drops to fifth place in laptop brand survey by Noctix on Monday April 10, 2017 @12:30PM (#14079935)
IIRC, the Thinkpad line was not affected, and wasn't it a external partner that planted the rootkit?
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Re:Apple drops to fifth place in laptop brand survey by citruspi on Monday April 10, 2017 @12:42PM (#14080045)
> the Thinkpad line was not affected

Correct.

> wasn't it a external partner that planted the rootkit?

Nope. The first time it was 3rd party software, Superfish, but Lenovo installed it and installed a self-signing root certificate authority to MITM the traffic[0]. The second time it was Lenovo's own software, Lenovo Service Engine, which they also installed themselves[1].

[0]: http://www.zdnet.com/article/superfish-stop-using-your-lenov...

[1]: http://www.zdnet.com/article/lenovo-rootkit-ensured-its-soft...

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Re:Apple drops to fifth place in laptop brand survey by lukas099 on Monday April 10, 2017 @12:39PM (#14080022)
Even if so, it reflects poorly on Lenovo.
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