Lenovo Banned by U.S. State Department

chrplace writes "The BBC is reporting that the Chinese-made Lenovo PCs are not allowed inside secure US networks." From the article: "Assistant Secretary of State Richard Griffin said the department would also alter its procurement process to ensure US information security was guaranteed. His comments came after Rep Frank Wolf expressed national security concerns. The company Lenovo insisted such concerns were unwarranted and said the computers posed no security risk."

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Does this mean... ?

[TheJediGeek]

alter its procurement process to ensure US information security was guaranteed

Does this mean that they WON'T be outsourcing their network management to India?

Damn... There goes the eggroll

[kid_oliva]

I suppose next they're going to ban chinese take-out as well.

Chinese food may lead to Maoism. Protect yourself and your family with Freedom fries and toast!!! The American thing to do.

Know what would be funny?

[Rob T Firefly]

I know it'd never happen in a million years, but wouldn't it be absolutely hilarious if the Chinese company was so upset by the American politics involved that they decided to stop doing business with us?