On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Paul Gilmartin < 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> Here we go again: > http://www.wired.com/2015/02/lenovo-superfish/ > > And, a classic (Ken Thompson ca. 1984): > http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html > > -- gil > > The above is why I use Linux and not Windows, except when work forces me to use Windows. Granted, I do not _personally_ vet that Fedora 21 and all the stuff in it are valid. But there are a _lot_ of people who, together, do tend to review all the stuff in those packages. So I trust them _more_ that I trust MS and other vendors. And I trust Linux hardware vendors more than those who get extra money for installing "adware" and the like. If you like this problem, you'll love the Samsung "Smart TV" with its ad-injection during the play of _your_ personally recorded videos. "OOPS, how did that get into the field? It was just for internal testing. Honest! <wink>, <wink>, <nod>, <nod>" I may need to end up wiping _all_ my home routers and installing OpenWRT. Those vendors are likewise "suspect". -- He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
