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One of my old bosses thought that all Lenovos possessed BIOS-level malware that could be activated at a moment's notice by the Chinese government should the US
by woobles 14y ago
One of my old bosses thought that all Lenovos possessed BIOS-level malware that could be activated at a moment's notice by the Chinese government should the US ever got to war with them.
He was a weird dude.
- keithpeter 14y agoWould coreboot reassure the gentleman? Or would that be dismissed as an anarchist conspiracy? Seriously: are there any laptops/PCs still manufactured within the national borders of the US?
- woobles 14y agoI remain unconvinced that anything would assuage his paranoia, unfortunately.
- adestefan 14y agoI had a boss that thought the same thing. He shut up when we showed him an IBM branded ThinkPad with a "Made in China" sticker, but the new Lenovo branded ThinkPad had a "Made in Singapore" sticker.
- woobles 14y agoThat's JSUT what they want you to think!