Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.
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The OP should be updated with links to credible news stories talking about the listed issues.
Not because the OP is wrong, but because to most, this is just a random tech website, where there is no proof that there is no ax to grind, etc. So linking to credible news sources (several would be better) helps ensure the reader of the validity of the claims here. -
Confirmed OP is a Dell fanboi
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I have not had Lenovo in my systems ever!!
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Sigh. This is something I bring up anytime someone says 'Lenovo'. We buy nothing but Lenovo and I'm very close to having a seizure at work.
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The saying, you get what you pay for.
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@dashrender said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
The OP should be updated with links to credible news stories talking about the listed issues.
Not because the OP is wrong, but because to most, this is just a random tech website, where there is no proof that there is no ax to grind, etc. So linking to credible news sources (several would be better) helps ensure the reader of the validity of the claims here.Yup
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@dashrender said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
The OP should be updated with links to credible news stories talking about the listed issues.
Not because the OP is wrong, but because to most, this is just a random tech website, where there is no proof that there is no ax to grind, etc. So linking to credible news sources (several would be better) helps ensure the reader of the validity of the claims here.I'd love to, but most of the claims I've made have originated right here, and been later confirmed by myself testing on an X220 which has since been given the Office Space treatment. I'd love some external confirmation!
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@eddiejennings said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
Confirmed OP is a Dell fanboi
HP, Dell, SuperMicro, Huaway, just about anything other than Lenovo, yes.
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@dashrender said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
The OP should be updated with links to credible news stories talking about the listed issues.
Not because the OP is wrong, but because to most, this is just a random tech website, where there is no proof that there is no ax to grind, etc. So linking to credible news sources (several would be better) helps ensure the reader of the validity of the claims here.I'll also note that this all came to light while a used X220 was being shipped to me, so yes, I have an axe to grind, but I've also personally seen this stuff happen.
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@wirestyle22 said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
Sigh. This is something I bring up anytime someone says 'Lenovo'. We buy nothing but Lenovo and I'm very close to having a seizure at work.
You are at a job where people should be in jail for that.
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@scottalanmiller said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
@wirestyle22 said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
Sigh. This is something I bring up anytime someone says 'Lenovo'. We buy nothing but Lenovo and I'm very close to having a seizure at work.
You are at a job where people should be in jail for that.
Hopefully not for long
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This is an issue when using Windows only?
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@black3dynamite said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
This is an issue when using Windows only?
No, everything.
Superfish is included with the wifi drivers to a point that the wireless chips will not work without it. As for the BIOS level access, well, that's as bad as it gets.
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@travisdh1 said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
@black3dynamite said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
This is an issue when using Windows only?
No, everything.
Superfish is included with the wifi drivers to a point that the wireless chips will not work without it. As for the BIOS level access, well, that's as bad as it gets.
I don't know what Wi-Fi chipset you have; however, we have the direct from Intel drivers so if SuperFish is included here I don't think that is a Lenovo issue.
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@travisdh1 said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
@eddiejennings said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
Confirmed OP is a Dell fanboi
HP, Dell, SuperMicro, Huaway, just about anything other than Lenovo, yes.
Ha!
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@donaldlandru said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
@travisdh1 said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
@black3dynamite said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
This is an issue when using Windows only?
No, everything.
Superfish is included with the wifi drivers to a point that the wireless chips will not work without it. As for the BIOS level access, well, that's as bad as it gets.
I don't know what Wi-Fi chipset you have; however, we have the direct from Intel drivers so if SuperFish is included here I don't think that is a Lenovo issue.
That's great, you're entire network has already been pwnd tho, thanks to that absolutely assinine BIOS code.
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@donaldlandru said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
@travisdh1 said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
@black3dynamite said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
This is an issue when using Windows only?
No, everything.
Superfish is included with the wifi drivers to a point that the wireless chips will not work without it. As for the BIOS level access, well, that's as bad as it gets.
I don't know what Wi-Fi chipset you have; however, we have the direct from Intel drivers so if SuperFish is included here I don't think that is a Lenovo issue.
Lenovo had some of them set so that the UEFI would load malicious code regardless of where you got the drivers.
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@black3dynamite said in Lenovo - if it's on your network, you ARE breached.:
This is an issue when using Windows only?
Depends on the model. Some issues are Windows only. Some are not. Of course, this is only issues that have been caught. Since no one knows if all issues have been caught, you'll never know.
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With Lenovo, it's like letting a highly skilled thief into your house. You know they are trying to steal from you. And you just hope that you have figured out all of their tricks. But that's naive. It's just inviting risk. It's like counting all the jewels as you let a thief wander around your house rather than just locking the front door in the first place.
