Lenovo: Companies working in China may have to install local backdoors
Does Lenovo put backdoors in if the Chinese government asks? "If they want backdoors globally? We don't provide them. If they want a backdoor in China, let's just say that every multinational in China does the same thing."
"We comply with local laws. If the local laws say we don't put in backdoors, we don't put in backdoors. And we don't just comply with the laws, we follow the ethics and the spirit of the laws."
And then, with a final flourish, the answer. "Likewise, if there are countries that want to have access, and there are more countries than just China, you provide what they're asking."
See also: Lenovo CEO: 'We're not a Chinese company, we're a global company'
(Score: 3, Interesting) by c0lo on Thursday September 20 2018, @09:40AM (4 children)
Doesn't make sense to maintain different/separate backdoors for different countries.
Look, nothing stops me go in China and buy locally a computer backdoored for China. If I bring it back home, ASIO may have troubles in accessing that computer and may start chicaning Lenovo on the issue.
It's more likely Lenovo will maintain a single line of hardware, with all the backdoors for every govt at once. Not only they'll be instantly compliant with the request of any govt, but it's also cheaper for them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 4, Insightful) by MostCynical on Thursday September 20 2018, @10:02AM (2 children)
Are there any countries like this?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday September 20 2018, @11:26AM (1 child)
The ones in which the population don't use computers, i suppose.
You are bound to find some, there'd be among those the population is more familiar with operating an AKM than a computer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @07:09PM
Yeah, those are the countries where when the leaders are asked about backdoors on computers, their reply is "Computer? What is this?"
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @10:12AM
Just like Intel maintains a single line of hardware and each chipset capable of running Management Engine. Unless you are the NSA and have the killswitch...