> Do you trust a hardware vendor that installs MITM stuff on your machine per default to keep the firmware untampered? Adding dodgy userspace software is easy

> Do you trust a hardware vendor that installs MITM stuff on your machine per default to keep the firmware untampered? Adding dodgy userspace software is easy and remunerative for Lenovo ( lots of $$$ from the software vendor for 'bundling' ). Tampering with firmware is hard, expensive and doesn't seem to offer compelling return on investment. What's the business case?