www/proprietary proprietary-sabotage.html

[Pavel Kharitonov]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev>       15/08/15 08:58:45

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-sabotage.html 

Log message:
        Describe Lenovo crapware RT #1038288.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.5&r2=1.6

Patches:
Index: proprietary-sabotage.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -b -r1.5 -r1.6
--- proprietary-sabotage.html   10 Aug 2015 18:25:11 -0000      1.5
+++ proprietary-sabotage.html   15 Aug 2015 08:58:45 -0000      1.6
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@
 worse than a back door.</p>
 
 <ul>
+<li>
+<p>
+<a 
href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150812/11395231925/lenovo-busted-stealthily-installing-crapware-via-bios-fresh-windows-installs.shtml";>
+Lenovo stealthily installed crapware via BIOS</a> on Windows installs.
+Note that the specific sabotage method Lenovo used did not affect
+GNU/Linux; also, a &ldquo;clean&rdquo; Windows install is not really
+clean since <a href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft
+puts in its own malware</a>.</p>
+</li>
+
   <li><p>Vizio
       <a 
href="http://boingboing.net/2015/04/30/telescreen-watch-vizio-adds-s.html";>
        used a firmware &ldquo;upgrade&rdquo; to make its TVs snoop on what 
users watch</a>.
@@ -202,7 +212,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/08/10 18:25:11 $
+$Date: 2015/08/15 08:58:45 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>