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Re:Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops by Spivak on Thursday November 29, 2018 @10:14AM (#18560743)
Not half as scary as Apple's DEP program. Pretty much everyone is moving this way because it's super convenient for admins -- devices arrive out of the box working and configured. Google has "Zero Touch", Samsung as their Knox program.
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Re:Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops by LiterallyDoge on Thursday November 29, 2018 @10:53AM (#18561051)
Apple seems interested in keeping things fairly secure, is this a theoretical fear or an exploit I've never heard of?
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Re:Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops by pknomad on Thursday November 29, 2018 @11:08AM (#18561207)
I don’t understand about your point about Apple DEP. could you clarify? It’s predominantly used on company-owned laptops and requires an Apple company account or developer license to work. I haven’t seen it used for consumer computers.
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