Posted on 02/25/2016 9:41:54 PM PST by Utilizer
A few months back, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against Taiwan-based hardware maker Asus accusing it of misrepresenting its products' security features and failure to address security vulnerabilities.
The two parties have agreed to a settlement, one that forces Asus to subject its procedures and products to independent security audits for the next 20 years.
According to the FTC's complaint, Asus has failed numerous times in addressing severe security issues and has made false claims about its products to its customers. Asus had flaws in its AiDisk and AiCloud router features
The FTC pointed to numerous vulnerabilities the company failed to fix in a timely manner, going back to March 2013. These vulnerabilities were found in various Asus SOHO (Small home/Home office) router models, but also in the company's AiDisk and AiCloud services.
These latter two refer to a feature of some Asus routers which allows users to insert a USB hard drive in their device, which they can then use as a LAN-based cloud server to store their files.
FTC officials say that Asus failed to address serious login bypass bugs that allowed attackers to steal data from AiCloud and AiDisk-enabled routers.
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They make a good monitor and laptop, but I would rather have a DD-WRT compatible router instead of their network stuff.
Good. There hardware is good, but they have the worst after-sale support and their software is garbage.
Compared this to Apple’s current situation!
You get sued if your security is too good?
You get sued if your security is too loose?
Where is Goldilocks when you need her?
Been using ASUS almost exclusively since the late 90s. While their post-purchase support may be somewhat lacking, they have one of the longest driver and firmware support windows of any of the major mfgs next to maybe Gigabyte.
Same here. Just bought an Asus video card, in fact.
EVGA is my go-to for graphics. They’re hands down the best manufacturer AND support company out there. Their RMA process is smooth as silk.
Now all we need to do is pass a law requiring terrorists to use ASIS.
EVGA is my go-to for graphics. They’re hands down the best manufacturer AND support company out there. Their RMA process is smooth as silk.The card I replaced was an EVGA, and that was the first brand I looked at when shopping for replacements. However, for this particular chip (GeForce 970), the eVGA card is known to have a poor thermal design. Also, the reason I was replacing the previous eVGA card was that one of the fans had gone out.
So I decided to look at alternatives to eVGA. The major brands were eVGA (already eliminated), MSI, Gigabyte, and ASUS. I read that these cards are quite heavy, and so it was a good idea to get one with a back-plate. That narrowed it down to two cards - the ASUS and the MSI. The MSI was significantly longer, and having run into space problems with video cards before, I decided to go with the ASUS. Good thing I did too, as the ASUS just barely fit.
I’m using an eVGA GTX 970 and have had zero issues with cooling. I’m not an extreme gamer by any stretch, but my monitoring programs show the card never goes over 65C during heavy use. To each their own; the major mfgs get the job done.
Gigabyte = GigaGARBAGE, IMO.
All Asus motherboards in everything here. Absolutely love 'em. Best quality, good price, last forever.
They do seem to be lagging on the Windows 10 driver support though. I have a 990FX Killer motherboard that I'm still waiting for Windows 10 drivers for..........
Oldest son's gaming PC just got an EVGA GTX 970 video upgrade and he LOVES it. Fastest Gaming PC at college he says.
I have EVGA GTX 960's in three pc's here. Rock solid cards. Never get too warm (though I don't do a lot of gaming myself) and their driver support is really good.
While I'm at it, I always use Corsair Memory (never fails!) and Corsair RM Series modular power supplies (750w minimum) in all my PC's.
The last hardware failure I had was about 6 months ago, and that was on a small form factor PC I'd built back in @ 2004/2005. I'd neglected to pull it apart and check the thermal paste on the CPU for a few years. After the PC failed I pulled it apart to see if the thermal paste dried up and caused the CPU to overheat. Yep, that's what happened. Thermal paste (Arctic Silver) had turned to dust after running for years and years without failure.
No great loss. Replaced it with an i7 SFF PC with a water cooler. Fastest machine in the house right now. These new i7 Skylakes are just incredible.
I’m using an eVGA GTX 970 and have had zero issues with cooling. I’m not an extreme gamer by any stretch, but my monitoring programs show the card never goes over 65C during heavy use. To each their own; the major mfgs get the job done.It cools well enough to work, but it's not as effective as it could be due to misalignment of the heatsink with the chip. Look it up - lots of info on this on the web.
I'm an engineer, and uncorrected design mistakes like this bug me. One of the benefits of a 970, as I'm sure you know, is that it has a TDP that's only about 140-150 watts. Many of the 970 cards out there don't even need to run the fan when the card is not under heavy load (i.e. not running 3D games). Since this was the primary reason I picked the 970, I didn't want any compromises in the cooling solution - especially when the no-compromises Asus was similarly priced.
I do agree that Manufacturer’s callousness causes enormous loss to the public. Govt intervention is highly needed to ensure that the manufacturers do not mislead through false declarations...
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