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Lenovo Banned by U.S. State Department

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the somebody's-watching-me dept.

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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  1. Chinese Government involvment by Dr.+Mojura · · Score: 0, Redundant
    A lot of people are suggesting that this is happening because the laptops are made in China. I doubt that this is a factor, because as other people mentioned they would need to ban most other PC manufacturers as well. I think the real concern is the Chinese government's involvement in this, due to their part ownership of Lenovo. From the article:
    A Chinese government agency owns 28 percent of Lenovo, while IBM still has about a 13 percent stake in the company.
    If Lenovo was a 100% private entity, I doubt this would have been an issue.
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