As for a baseline cause, in our view this is clearly a case of Hanlon's Razor , as relatively small OEMs would have next to nothing to gain and everything to lose by intentionally shipping malware packages with their machines. As can be attested by most anyone who's installed Windows motherboard software of variable quality, Taiwan has historically been regarded as considering software a secondary concern when developing technology products , in part thanks to its unique geopolitical situation and the fact that its government only splits 30% of its IT budget to software.
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Steve Somewhere These people are a clear threat to national security. Minimum 30 year prison sentence with no parole for anyone unlawfully damaging or compromising a computer system belonging to another. Reply
Vicecrow Metalace69 said: I couldn't even read the article because of the invasion advertising that continues to pop up after you hit X. This website has totally went down in quality compared to what it used be… shame on them. Brave Reply
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usertests Metalace69 said: I couldn't even read the article because of the invasion advertising that continues to pop up after you hit X. This website has totally went down in quality compared to what it used be… shame on them. Vicecrow said: Brave Let me help Metalace out: https://brave.com/ Reply
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Concon8120 Is anybody really surprised that a chinese company would actually do this?? They all do this!!! That's why you don't buy any computer that is put together by a chinese owned company!!! Reply
Bigshrimp habermas said: It was Cpl Hicks. Not Ripley. At least watch the movie before you try to quote it. Are you so sure? Lt. Ripley says it at the beginning of the scene and Cpl. Hicks repeats what she says verbatim at the end. As they also say in the scene… No offense, none taken. B9aM4rH692M View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9aM4rH692M Reply
das_stig Metalace69 said: I couldn't even read the article because of the invasion advertising that continues to pop up after you hit X. This website has totally went down in quality compared to what it used be… shame on them. First sign of a dying online entity, mass adverts to keep it financially viable. Reply
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