An eggplant could hijack bloatware
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@Dashrender said in An eggplant could hijack bloatware:
Whiteboxes require going into a computer specialty shop - most people will avoid those because they think they will be oversold or the nerd behind the counter will spout a bunch of stuff at them they won't understand.
Right, because they don't care. What they care about is polished advertising and being tricked by someone sleazy that makes them feel smart rather than someone smart that tries to take care of them. They want to be oversold... because it makes them feel good to have a slick, polished, well marketed, bloatware filled experience.
You are explaining exactly why bloatware doesn't matter... because consumers don't care about what you care about.
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@Dashrender said in An eggplant could hijack bloatware:
Commerical can't be purchased in a typical consumer store.
Fresh installs, People don't want to install software/OSs, that's why Linux isn't on my people's machines already
Linux - see above
All because the consumers don't care. This is my point. There is no market for such machines, therefore, low quality hardware, full of crap, setup poorly, sold by unqualified people who aren't capable of "talking down" to an uneducated consumer are what are desired. People like being "sold". Even IT pros normally do. It's a weird human psychological trait where we actually seek a behaviour that is harmful to us. But it is what we do, so it determines what companies sell.
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Oh look, Lenovo:
PC maker Lenovo is recommending that users remove an application preloaded on their computers because it contains a high-severity flaw that could allow attackers to take over their systems.The vulnerable tool is called Lenovo Accelerator Application and is designed to speed up the launch of other Lenovo applications. It was preinstalled on more than 100 laptop and desktop models shipped with Windows 10, but not those from the ThinkPad and ThinkStation lines.
mustard like sauce: http://www.csoonline.com/article/3077935/security/lenovo-advises-users-to-remove-a-vulnerable-support-tool-preinstalled-on-their-systems.html
Moar sauce: https://support.lenovo.com/au/en/product_security/len_6718
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@nadnerB that's shocking that Lenovo would want people to remove it.
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@scottalanmiller said in An eggplant could hijack bloatware:
@nadnerB that's shocking that Lenovo would want people to remove it.
I tend to agree - I'm surprised they care enough to tell people.
