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Spyware Found in AceMagic Mini-PCs(www.guru3d.com)

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witx@lemmy.sdf.org
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Unfortunetaly, that does close to nothing when the issue is spyware on firmware

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Heratiki@lemmy.ml
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According to this Tom’s Hardware article (https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/mini-pcs/mini-pc-maker-ships-systems-with-factory-installed-spyware-acemagic-says-issue-was-contained-to-the-first-shipment) it isn’t firmware based spyware but just existing on the machine drive.

They were also found on the restore partition so a full wipe and fresh install would eliminate the issue. AceMagic have also claimed that the issue was isolated to the first round of shipments.

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CaptObvious@literature.cafe
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It’s reasonable to consider whether to trust a company that shipped spyware in the first place. I would have a hard time with that.

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Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org
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This article says the same thing, but it’s worth people being aware that firmware is a vector.

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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How do you know? They find spyware not in firmware, but that doesn’t cover what they didn’t find.

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krolden@lemmy.ml
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Nothing in this article said anything about the device firmware being compromised

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witx@lemmy.sdf.org
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I didn’t say that

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astrsk@kbin.social
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Hopefully it’s not built into a rom chip on any number of custom components in these mini PCs making it software independent.

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