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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 Friday September 21 2018, @08:07AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 21 2018, @08:07AM (#738014)

    Everything we do is on a VM in a protected environment. The local machine doesn't even have email. No net access. Can't save files. Can only open a VM.
    Good luck.