JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoLenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB drive is just an unencrypted SD card in a fancy casewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1708arrow-down15
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minus-squarebitteroldcoot@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·7 days agoThey have a really long history of doing this stuff. Including outright espionage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo#Security_and_privacy_incidents https://legioncyber.com/insights/lenovos-security-failures-and-hidden-risks/ This last one is more about just poor quality. https://www.lawsuitupdatecenter.com/lenovo-class-action-lawsuits.html
minus-squareWaterpumpee@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·7 days agoNever understood the thinkpad craze. “Military grade” means cheap as fuck.
minus-squareaesthelete@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·7 days ago “Military grade” means cheap as fuck. Cheap as fuck yes, but also a giant rip-off as well. It isn’t military grade without that skimming off as much of that military industrial complex dollar as possible.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 days agoThe old ones were durable as hell.
minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 days agoYou mean when IBM made them?
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoAnd for a few years after, until Lenovo started lifecycling them and the enshittification began.
minus-squareEmilieEasie@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoare* durable as hell, the old ones are still around… because they’re very durable!
minus-squareramble81@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days ago“Close enough for government work” is a saying for a reason.
They have a really long history of doing this stuff. Including outright espionage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo#Security_and_privacy_incidents
https://legioncyber.com/insights/lenovos-security-failures-and-hidden-risks/
This last one is more about just poor quality.
https://www.lawsuitupdatecenter.com/lenovo-class-action-lawsuits.html
Never understood the thinkpad craze. “Military grade” means cheap as fuck.
Cheap as fuck yes, but also a giant rip-off as well. It isn’t military grade without that skimming off as much of that military industrial complex dollar as possible.
The old ones were durable as hell.
You mean when IBM made them?
And for a few years after, until Lenovo started lifecycling them and the enshittification began.
are* durable as hell, the old ones are still around… because they’re very durable!
“Close enough for government work” is a saying for a reason.