Lenovo, a multinational computer tech company, released computers and tablets for several months which included the software Superfish. At a glance, this is not a problem, except for the fact that Superfish has a substantial security issue in its code. This hearkens back to similar issues in The Cuckoo's Egg, except that book took place thirty years in the past. Clearly, software isn't always going to be perfect. People make mistakes, but those who are making or perpetuating them still won't own up to the issue. In Cuckoo's Egg, Stoll told many people about the issue and received almost no help or concern. In like manner, Lenovo was made aware of this security problem and drug their feet until the issue exploded. Had someone exposed a massive hole in the mail system, where anyone could read or make copies of our mail, bank cards or identification documents, there would be alarm. There would be action taken. Yet when the same thing happens on the digital front, it seems like nobody cares. Nobody with authority to act cared about Stoll's concern, and nobody cared now. Our way of life is stored online: bank transactions, medical history, music, mail and more; people should care when someone threatens to pirate this information.
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