Lenovo
Consumer grade? (ie, not ThinkPad).
They used to side load buggy, insecure software, so ensure your BIOS is always updated.
Pesky, crappy chinky shite.
Agreed, but what can you do when a certain local authority issues the consumer grade ones to all it's council officers, headteachers, etc. and then harps on and on about how security conscious we all should be.
They probably got a container load for fifty quid or something.
You're at the mercy of Lenovo to actually fix the flaws (or stop the sideloading of buggy, insecure, open software that runs with elevated privileges). Until then, you've got your pants around your ankles, and anyone on the Internet can butt raped you. And there is SFA you can do about it, except never connect it to *any* network.
There was a school of thought that this was a purposeful attempt by government interferers to gather information. Rods2 would love it
. Obviously Lenovo deny that.
So keep the BIOS updated, as Lenovo claim they are fixing all these flaws as fast as they can.