Man in the Middle Attacks & Superfish - Computerphile

Lenovo sold thousands of computers all carrying the Superfish software. Tom Scott explains what a security nightmare this became.

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CORRECTION: At 2min 46secs Tom says "Private Key" when he means "Public Key" - The private key is not shared.

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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer

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