{"id":707,"date":"2017-12-05T06:59:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T20:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bleufair.com\/?p=707"},"modified":"2017-12-05T06:59:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T20:59:45","slug":"hp-installs-system-slowing-spyware-on-its-pcs-without-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bleufair.com\/?p=707","title":{"rendered":"HP Installs System-Slowing Spyware On Its PCs Without Consent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>On the heels of\u00a0<strong>Lenovo\u2019s massive $3.5 million fine for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/09\/05\/lenovo-superfish-vsualdiscovery-ftc-complaint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preinstalling\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/09\/05\/lenovo-superfish-vsualdiscovery-ftc-complaint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adware on laptops without users<\/a>\u2018 consent,<\/strong>\u00a0Hewlett-Packard is jumping in with both feet when it comes to<strong>\u00a0installing spyware on its PCs without the consumer\u2019s permission.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The software, which was first identified on November 15 of this year, is called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/h30434.www3.hp.com\/t5\/Desktop-Software-and-How-To-Questions\/I-Didn-t-Install-HP-TouchpointAnalyticsClient-and-It-s\/td-p\/6427652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cHP Touchpoint Analytics Service\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and appears to replace the self-managed HP Touchpoint Manager solution. According to the official productivity description, it features \u201cthe tools you need to ensure all your managed devices\u2019 security \u2014 and brings you greater peace of mind\u201d.\u00a0<strong>The problem is, it\u2019s installing itself without permission and is wreaking havoc on customers\u2019 systems.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-04\/wreaking-havoc-hp-installs-system-slowing-spyware-its-pcs-without-consent\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-04\/wreaking-havoc-hp-installs-system-slowing-spyware-its-pcs-without-consent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the heels of\u00a0Lenovo\u2019s massive $3.5 million fine for\u00a0preinstalling\u00a0adware on laptops without users\u2018 consent,\u00a0Hewlett-Packard is jumping in with both feet when it comes to\u00a0installing spyware on its PCs without the consumer\u2019s permission. The software, which was first identified on November 15 of this year, is called\u00a0\u201cHP Touchpoint Analytics Service\u201d\u00a0and appears to replace the self-managed HP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bleufair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bleufair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bleufair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bleufair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bleufair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bleufair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":708,"href":"https:\/\/www.bleufair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bleufair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bleufair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bleufair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}