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HP is rolling out "HP Touchpoint Analytics Service" onto computers without user consent:
Lenovo has only just settled a massive $3.5 million fine for preinstalling adware on laptops without users' consent, and now it seems HP is getting in on the stealth installation action, too. According to numerous reports gathered by Computer World, the brand is deploying a telemetry client on customer computers without asking permission.
The software -- first identified on November 15 -- is called "HP Touchpoint Analytics Service" and appears to replace the self-managed HP Touchpoint Manager solution. According to the official productivity description, it features "the tools you need to ensure all your managed devices' security -- and brings you greater peace of mind". The problem is, it's installing itself without permission and is wreaking havoc on customers' systems.
Also at Computerworld and gHacks.
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Thursday November 30 2017, @09:55AM
I didn't think this was such a problem these days. The installation image of Windows 10 is freely available from Microsoft, [microsoft.com] so you 'just' have to worry about the activation/licence. On at least some out-of-the-box machines, there's a Windows 10 licence issued against the hardware IDs, so you don't even need an activation code, it 'just works' when Windows 10 does its online licence check.
Rejected?