.@mattcutts @dangillmor @alexstamos Wait, Superfish is a VC-backed company in Palo Alto? Wat.
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@alexyakoubian oh yes. The things that go on in Download Valley make it here.
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@mattcutts@dangillmor@alexstamos They blame the third party in their update https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-P-Y-and-Z-series/Lenovo-Pre-instaling-adware-spam-Superfish-powerd-by/m-p/1863174#M79882 … -
@planetzuda@mattcutts@dangillmor@alexstamos Lenovo ships ~15 million units a quarter. ~15 mil any-use local root certs with the same key.
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@mattcutts@dangillmor@alexstamos Lenova confirmed it on their forums, someone pinged me about this earlier because it replaces AdWords.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mattcutts@dangillmor@alexstamos They say they have stopped installing it but plan to start again when Superfish "fixes" changes. -
@jenstar@mattcutts@dangillmor@alexstamos Wonder if that ever happened, given that it was only weeks ago or so.
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@mattcutts@dangillmor@alexstamos What profit or advantage is#Lenovo making/ gaining out of this?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mattcutts@dangillmor@alexstamos how about a Chromebook?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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