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Oh so that's why my Lenovo was held for "customs". Hope they at least removed the Chinese backdoors while they were installing the American ones. Look at me, I
by throwaway_yy2Di 13y ago
Oh so that's why my Lenovo was held for "customs". Hope they at least removed the Chinese backdoors while they were installing the American ones.
Look at me, I'm so clever using HTTPS and GnuPG and FOSS linux when my hardware RNG is key escrowed, my USB cable is transmitting, my factory BIOS has at least two nationalities of spyware, and Big Brother is watching me naked in 720p. So glad I'm not a journalist and have an adequate physique.
- teamgb 13y agoLol. There's definitely a business opportunity out there for someone to come up with DIY laptops, much like the way you can purchase parts from anybody to create your own desktop PC.
- blazespin 13y agoYeah, the customs point is very interesting and worthy of upvote. I suspect they'd need a warrant to do this on an American (one would hope) but I highly doubt they'd need one to do this on anyone who ordered it from across the border. Canadians (and Americans who talk to Canadians) in particular are probably highly vulnerable to this spying. Emailing Americans, calling Americans, ordering laptops from the US, etc. The NSA is probably free to tap/interdict all of those interactions without any kind of pre-approval or probable cause. Bottom line: the NSA has done irreparable harm to global trust in dealing with the US(and, sadly, the US dealing with those outside their borders), be it communications or buying their products.