The presence of the Superfish software in Lenovo laptops exposes the users to serious risks of hacking. The software could be exploited to run man-in-the-middle attack to inject malicious code or to hack the targeted system injecting ads. The administrator at Lenovo official forum confirmed that since Jan. 23 it has temporarily removed Superfish from its Laptops. The most disconcerting aspect of the story is that one of the leaders of global PC market violated in a so blatant and intentional manner the privacy of its customers.”]
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