<story><title>Lenovo&apos;s Response to Its Dangerous Adware Is Astonishingly Clueless</title><url>http://www.wired.com/2015/02/lenovo-superfish/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>notsony</author><text>Seems to be a lot of self-righteous moral crusaders on Twitter, and some on HN too, who won&amp;#x27;t be satisfied until they see Lenovo employees hanging from lamp posts...</text></item><item><author>sp332</author><text>At least &amp;quot;Lenovo US&amp;quot; is owning up to it. &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/lenovoUS/status/568578319681257472&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;lenovoUS&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;568578319681257472&lt;/a&gt; Not sure how they&amp;#x27;re connected to the &amp;quot;Lenovo&amp;quot; that issued that statement.</text></item><item><author>buro9</author><text>Microsoft is currently doing Lenovo&amp;#x27;s work for them: &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/FiloSottile/status/568800260111388672&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;FiloSottile&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;568800260111388672&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The latest version of Windows Defender is actively removing the Superfish software &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; the cert.&lt;p&gt;The text of the definition is here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=us7iXvkn&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pastebin.com&amp;#x2F;raw.php?i=us7iXvkn&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>skywhopper</author><text>The people who made the decisions involved here essentially hacked hundreds of thousands of PCs and defrauded their customers. I don&amp;#x27;t expect anyone in Lenovo to be punished for a crime, but there&amp;#x27;s no doubt they did something clearly unethical and borderline illegal. Their best possible defense is that they were just incredibly negligent.</text></comment>
<story><title>Lenovo&apos;s Response to Its Dangerous Adware Is Astonishingly Clueless</title><url>http://www.wired.com/2015/02/lenovo-superfish/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>notsony</author><text>Seems to be a lot of self-righteous moral crusaders on Twitter, and some on HN too, who won&amp;#x27;t be satisfied until they see Lenovo employees hanging from lamp posts...</text></item><item><author>sp332</author><text>At least &amp;quot;Lenovo US&amp;quot; is owning up to it. &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/lenovoUS/status/568578319681257472&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;lenovoUS&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;568578319681257472&lt;/a&gt; Not sure how they&amp;#x27;re connected to the &amp;quot;Lenovo&amp;quot; that issued that statement.</text></item><item><author>buro9</author><text>Microsoft is currently doing Lenovo&amp;#x27;s work for them: &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/FiloSottile/status/568800260111388672&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;FiloSottile&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;568800260111388672&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The latest version of Windows Defender is actively removing the Superfish software &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; the cert.&lt;p&gt;The text of the definition is here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=us7iXvkn&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pastebin.com&amp;#x2F;raw.php?i=us7iXvkn&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>PhasmaFelis</author><text>If this had been done by a private person instead of a corporation, they would be looking at prison time. The double standard is frustrating.</text></comment>