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posted by mrpg on Thursday September 20 2018, @08:36AM   Printer-friendly
from the I-may-have-to-hack-you dept.

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'


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by MostCynical on Thursday September 20 2018, @10:02AM (2 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Thursday September 20 2018, @10:02AM (#737431) Journal

    If the local laws say we don't put in backdoors,

    Are there any countries like this?

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday September 20 2018, @11:26AM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 20 2018, @11:26AM (#737448) Journal

    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.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @07:09PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @07:09PM (#737668)

      Yeah, those are the countries where when the leaders are asked about backdoors on computers, their reply is "Computer? What is this?"