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by Cthulhu_
7 days ago
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> One can't expect that every driver package submission from every vendor is thoroughly vetted every time, this is a matter of trust and respect. Maybe not, but LG has violated this trust and should therefore be either fined or severely restricted by Microsoft. Banning will likely cause more problems than solutions, but they shouldn't get away with this. Adware was a huge problem during the Windows XP era, can't believe it's coming back now through Microsoft's official channels. Also I doubt there's actually millions of hardware vendors. But that aside, Microsoft has a duty to vet everything that they offer through their channels. If it's too expensive for them to do, do like Apple did and have those that want to make use of their distribution network (and trust) pay them. |
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Almost certainly correct because there are only 2^16 USB manufacturer IDs, of which (warning, Google AI quick result...) only 3400 are used. Tiny vendors of e.g. USB drives often seem to use the vendor and device ID of the interface chip manufacturer, but that's probably a good filter for really unimportant ones. Of course not every device has USB, but most major hardware vendors implement USB somewhere and have an official USB vendor ID.