FTC settles with Lenovo over a built-in snooping software, $3.5 million fine
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That's an awfully small fine for what they did
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Makes me proud to be the first known person to report this, though. MangoLassi's claim to fame - the site blocked by Lenovo that led to this getting discovered.
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@scottalanmiller said in FTC settles with Lenovo over a built-in snooping software, $3.5 million fine:
That's an awfully small fine for what they are doing
ftfy
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Has the FTC ever gave a fine that was large enough to make a company think twice about doing shady practice?
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That 3.5m should be a 3.5B
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Isn't consumer protection one of the mandates of the FTC? I don't think they went far enough in this case.
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@momurda said in FTC settles with Lenovo over a built-in snooping software, $3.5 million fine:
That 3.5m should be a 3.5B
Nah, $1Bn would have been okay.
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@black3dynamite said in FTC settles with Lenovo over a built-in snooping software, $3.5 million fine:
Has the FTC ever gave a fine that was large enough to make a company think twice about doing shady practice?
There was that one time... errr... no.
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Lenovo is nothing but horse droppings, if you know what I mean.
