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PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 797: Superfish

This Superfish software that Lenovo was installing on their consumer laptops was sketchy enough. What made it more scary was the root certificate it installed with an easy-to-crack password that leaves users susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks from hackers.

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PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 797: Superfish

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