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    Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment

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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender
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      LOL I'm amazed they did it at all.

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      • nadnerBN
        nadnerB
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        Deploy the ROFL copter!

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          Of course the NSA fears the furby, they had no problem banning that quickly...

          Youtube Video

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender
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            There are still 4 million active users of AIM? huh

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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              @Dashrender said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

              There are still 4 million active users of AIM? huh

              Probably just all logged in and idle 😉

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender
                last edited by

                Someone p.m. me telling me that their entire business with standardized on AIM.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                  last edited by

                  @Dashrender said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                  Someone p.m. me telling me that their entire business with standardized on AIM.

                  When I worked for the US Senate, that was what they were using.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                    @Dashrender said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                    Someone p.m. me telling me that their entire business with standardized on AIM.

                    When I worked for the US Senate, that was what they were using.

                    When was that though?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                      @Dashrender said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                      @Dashrender said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                      Someone p.m. me telling me that their entire business with standardized on AIM.

                      When I worked for the US Senate, that was what they were using.

                      When was that though?

                      Been a while, very early 2000s.

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                      • ObsolesceO
                        Obsolesce
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                        I see Lenovo adds ALL over the place on spiceworks. No idea why.

                        Just me?

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                        • RojoLocoR
                          RojoLoco @Obsolesce
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                          @Tim_G said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                          I see Lenovo adds ALL over the place on spiceworks. No idea why.

                          Just me?

                          If you install uBlock Origin, ads will all go away. If you still see ads, just right-click and choose "block element", and that ad will go away as well.

                          The answer to your question, however, is MONEY. Money is why you still see Lenovo ads on SW. They will advertise anything they get paid to advertise.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @RojoLoco
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                            @RojoLoco said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                            The answer to your question, however, is MONEY. Money is why you still see Lenovo ads on SW. They will advertise anything they get paid to advertise.

                            yep, no social responsibility what so ever.

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                            • ObsolesceO
                              Obsolesce @RojoLoco
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                              @RojoLoco said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                              @Tim_G said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                              I see Lenovo adds ALL over the place on spiceworks. No idea why.

                              Just me?

                              If you install uBlock Origin, ads will all go away. If you still see ads, just right-click and choose "block element", and that ad will go away as well.

                              The answer to your question, however, is MONEY. Money is why you still see Lenovo ads on SW. They will advertise anything they get paid to advertise.

                              I did have adblock plus installed in Edge... "did"... I have no idea what happened to it! I did not uninstall it, and I don't see it in the menu anymore.

                              ...nice one Microsoft!

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender
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                                Seems like somethings disappear after updates.

                                When I install 1607 on a machine with .Net 3.0 installed, after the first reboot, it prompts me to reinstall it.

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                                • RojoLocoR
                                  RojoLoco @Obsolesce
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                                  @Tim_G said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                                  @RojoLoco said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                                  @Tim_G said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                                  I see Lenovo adds ALL over the place on spiceworks. No idea why.

                                  Just me?

                                  If you install uBlock Origin, ads will all go away. If you still see ads, just right-click and choose "block element", and that ad will go away as well.

                                  The answer to your question, however, is MONEY. Money is why you still see Lenovo ads on SW. They will advertise anything they get paid to advertise.

                                  I did have adblock plus installed in Edge... "did"... I have no idea what happened to it! I did not uninstall it, and I don't see it in the menu anymore.

                                  ...nice one Microsoft!

                                  Adblock plus lost my support when they started taking money from advertisers to classify some ads as "acceptable"... to me, there is no such thing as an acceptable ad. But, ABP remains the only blocker for IE, and presumably for Edge. My recommendation is to use something like Opera (or chrome, or firefox, etc.) with uBlock installed.

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                                  • dafyreD
                                    dafyre @RojoLoco
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                                    @RojoLoco said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                                    ... to me, there is no such thing as an acceptable ad.

                                    I don't mind ads on sites...with the one exception that they are like they are here: visible and out of the way.

                                    Most of the links I see these days (especially on my phone!) all have some kind of thing to interrupt me while I'm reading -- a popup asking for my email, or an add that I have to "scroll away"... I quit looking at a site as soon as it starts that crap.

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                                    • DashrenderD
                                      Dashrender @dafyre
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                                      @dafyre said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                                      @RojoLoco said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                                      ... to me, there is no such thing as an acceptable ad.

                                      I don't mind ads on sites...with the one exception that they are like they are here: visible and out of the way.

                                      Most of the links I see these days (especially on my phone!) all have some kind of thing to interrupt me while I'm reading -- a popup asking for my email, or an add that I have to "scroll away"... I quit looking at a site as soon as it starts that crap.

                                      Exactly, side or bottom ads are fine. i want sites to get revenue so they can continue being free to viewing public, but the inturruptus maximus has got to stop!

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                                      • travisdh1T
                                        travisdh1 @Obsolesce
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                                        @Tim_G said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                                        I see Lenovo adds ALL over the place on spiceworks. No idea why.

                                        Just me?

                                        Lenovo is one of a select few companies that spend lots and lots of money on advertising with Spiceworks. They seem to get special treatment from that. Also makes me question weather I can continue to trust anything Spiceworks related 😞

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                                        • ObsolesceO
                                          Obsolesce @travisdh1
                                          last edited by Obsolesce

                                          @travisdh1 said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                                          @Tim_G said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                                          I see Lenovo adds ALL over the place on spiceworks. No idea why.

                                          Just me?

                                          Lenovo is one of a select few companies that spend lots and lots of money on advertising with Spiceworks. They seem to get special treatment from that. Also makes me question weather I can continue to trust anything Spiceworks related 😞

                                          Maybe Spiceworks is running on Superfish infested Lenovo servers... stealing all your infoz!

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                                            Jason Banned @travisdh1
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                                            @travisdh1 said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                                            @Tim_G said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

                                            I see Lenovo adds ALL over the place on spiceworks. No idea why.

                                            Just me?

                                            Lenovo is one of a select few companies that spend lots and lots of money on advertising with Spiceworks. They seem to get special treatment from that. Also makes me question weather I can continue to trust anything at all

                                            Fixed that for you

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