Lenovo's Superfish bloatware scandal reveals a sneaky tactic we thought Microsoft had started

PC World
Sep 5, 2017, 9:01 pm311 pts
As Lenovo resolves the Superfish bloatware scandal from 2015, a surprising detail has emerged from the fine print of the settlement. Consumers who bought Lenovo laptops with “man-in-the-middle” Superfish adware (by a company called VisualDiscovery) likely fell for a trick later made infamous by Microsoft:…

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