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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @03:39PM
The Clipper chip comes to find; the continuing "debate" over mandated encryption backdoors is a more recent example. I think the the efforts put toward Free hardware will be the long-term outcome. The ethical foundation of Free Software (vs Open Source) lends itself to addressing these problems before they become unmanageable. I believe we are moving toward a future where the only devices that you can trust will be the ones you print yourselves- 3D hardware printers using specifications developed under Free licensing running Free Software. Everything else will be compromised devices, running "managed" experiences designed to addict and extract marginal revenues from you by whatever company made the device.