How dangerous software maker Superfish kicked me out

Superfish, the most controversial company in tech, kicked me out on Friday.

The Palo Alto-based software company became notorious overnight when researchers announced on Thursday that one of Superfish's software programs, a piece of adware installed on Lenovo laptops late last year, not only breached a widely-used security communications protocol called HTTPS, but also let hackers spy on users.

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Public vitriol was swift and worsened when Lenovo initially downplayed the situation, stating it had not found “any evidence to substantiate security concerns.” By Friday, Lenovo backpedaled: chief technology officer Peter Hortensius told Mashable the company would ensure the security debacle “doesn’t happen again.” Read more...

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