Lenovo used to bundle Israeli-made spyware with Windows for some of their laptops. Not exactly a trustworthy company tbh. Not necessarily politically aligned with the CCP on every decision but they’re not above spying on their customers clearly.
Yup, it was a very justified shitshow. That’s why, if I buy a Lenovo laptop (or any other mainstream brand from that matter) its with the intention of nuking Windows entirely (which I believe to be malware) and installing my choice of Linux distros. This is no different than my choice of Pixel phones (until the Motorola + GOS deal goes live) to install GrapheneOS immediately.
As for mainstream laptop manufacrurers spying on their customers or allowing others to do so from first boot, name one of them that doesn’t do this.
Lenovo used to bundle Israeli-made spyware with Windows for some of their laptops. Not exactly a trustworthy company tbh. Not necessarily politically aligned with the CCP on every decision but they’re not above spying on their customers clearly.
Yup, it was a very justified shitshow. That’s why, if I buy a Lenovo laptop (or any other mainstream brand from that matter) its with the intention of nuking Windows entirely (which I believe to be malware) and installing my choice of Linux distros. This is no different than my choice of Pixel phones (until the Motorola + GOS deal goes live) to install GrapheneOS immediately.
As for mainstream laptop manufacrurers spying on their customers or allowing others to do so from first boot, name one of them that doesn’t do this.