Lenovo still exposing its laptop users to security risk

[igor_kavinski]

Lenovo driver goof poses security risk for users of 25 notebook models

Hackers can exploit vulnerabilities to install malicious firmware that survives reboots.

arstechnica.com

I'm glad that Lenovo keyboards are generally bad enough that they never tempted me to get an Ideapad, no matter how attractively priced it was.

With low price comes low security and enhanced surface area for potentially devastating intrusions/breaches/compromises, provided conveniently by Lenovo's drivers.

 

[maryji]

And in general, is it legal that other users are allowed to see what I do? For example, our boss at work has installed a program for remote monitoring Kickidler, the whole office is trying to hack it, but nothing