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Weren't most of the laptops being discussed originally manufactured in China? It seems strange to consider the devices to be contaminated if privately inspecte
by droithomme 15y ago
Weren't most of the laptops being discussed originally manufactured in China?
It seems strange to consider the devices to be contaminated if privately inspected by Chinese officials, when there were plenty of previous opportunities to root them at the factory.
- gwern 15y agoThere's a big difference between your negotiating counterpart quietly alerting Customs to do a special job when you pass through tomorrow, and rooting every laptop your country makes and sells to everyone in the world.
- junto 15y agoThe better attack vector here is to champion an encryption technology that you a) have a backdoor too or b) have the computing resources to crack within a reasonable time, or c) both a) and b). :-)