After Lenovo now Dell PCs and Laptops are shipping with rogue root level CA
http://www.techworm.net/2015/11/dell-pcs-laptops-ship-with-edellroot.html Nord has made a webpost describing eDellRoot. He says that though the action performed by eDellRoot are not known at present, it may be in the same category as Superfish. He says, "the eDellRoot certificate is a trusted root that expires in 2039 and is intended for "All" purposes. Notice that this is more powerful than the clearly legitimate DigiCert certificate just above it, which spikes more curiosity." The problem with this rogue root level CA is that it is not know what spying activities it will perform unlike the Superfish in Lenovo which was known to inject adware into Lenovo PCs and Laptops without the users consent. - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so. My opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad
