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This is especially ironic in light of Lenovo's own preinstalled malware and bloatware over the years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo#Security_and_privacy

• consumer451 3y ago
  When IBM sold the business to the CCP my first thought was "I can't believe this isn't being blocked. This is the dumbest possible move as far as nat sec, ThinkPads are everywhere important." Of course this happened: > In February 2021, Bloomberg Businessweek reported that U.S. investigators found in 2008 that military units in Iraq were using Lenovo laptops in which the hardware had been altered. According to a testimony from the case in 2010, "A large amount of Lenovo laptops were sold to the U.S. military that had a chip encrypted on the motherboard that would record all the data that was being inputted into that laptop and send it back to China". Lenovo was unaware of the testimony. The U.S. military did not inform the company of any security concerns. Spokeswoman Charlotte West stated, "As there have been no reports of any problems, we have no way to assess the allegations you cite or whether security concerns may have been triggered by third-party interference."