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Lenovo: Companies Working in China May Have to Install Local Backdoors

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

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @05:36PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @05:36PM (#737617)
    And what stops them from offering that as a paid option?

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @06:38PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @06:38PM (#737650)

    Insufficient demand, higher price for parts, and probably discouragement on the part of governments that want backdoors into all popular equipment.