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Give the vendor a timeframe to investigate and resolve. Even sometimes ignores reports like this, at least give them the courtesy instead of expose this as an 0day.


My mistake - I had developed the impression that Lenovo was informed ahead of time. I had only skimmed at first.

I had thought the complaint was about not waiting until what sounds like most of the PC OEMs stopped sitting on their thumbs. Please disregard that part of my response.


Why?

Lenovo put users at risk and public shaming is a tool to correct their behaviour.

Lenovo could allow users to replace software on their machine, but presently choose not to because they might make less money.

However if Lenovo are shamed, people might buy less of Lenovo's products, which will also make Lenovo less money.




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