http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/0...rss_topstories
holy fucking shit. read this one. seems chinese electronic crap may have viruses installed in their software.
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It's the digital equivalent of the recent series of tainted products traced to China, including toxic toothpaste, poisonous pet food and toy trains coated in lead paint.
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perhaps this thread should be in security? i dont know. but you need to read this.
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Jerry Askew, a Los Angeles computer consultant, bought a Uniek digital picture frame to surprise his 81-year-old mother for her birthday. But when he added family photos, it tried to unload a few surprises of its own.
When he plugged the frame into his Windows PC, his antivirus program alerted him to a threat. The $50 frame, built in China and bought at Target, was infected with four viruses, including one that steals passwords.
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