#V3mobility: Lenovo Superfish adware proves consumer products ill-suited for business use

Alastair Stevenson
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Data put at risk by self-signing root certificates

V3 Enterprise Mobility Summit: The discovery that Lenovo installed the Superfish adware on certain laptops proves that consumer devices are still not secure enough for enterprise use, according to ...

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