[GTALUG] keylogger in HP laptops

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On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:29:36 -0500 (EST)
"D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> | From: William Park via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> | Saw this in Peterborough LUG, and reposting here because a recent
> thread | involved HP laptops.
> |     http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42309371
> 
> This is on Windows.  There are so many unknowns with Windows
> privacy/security.  Especially adware (which this was not).
> 

imnsho, HP laptops are still the best hardware to run Linux on :) 

You will note that the response from HP regarding synaptics, etc.
was open, quick and decisive

The same cannot be said of so many other hardware peddlers. (as most of
them are not vendors)

> The vulnerability I mentioned yesterday is underneath the OS level so
> it applies to Linux, BSD, Windows, OSX and DOS.
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