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US Government Fears China Bugs Lenovo PCs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gosh-we-didn't-think-of-that dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After approving the sale of IBM's PC Division to the Chinese Corporation Lenovo, the US Government has realized China could bug Lenovo PCs destined for US Government customers. Would the US have done the same to China? With American businesses so eager for business in China no matter what, where are we headed?"

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  1. Yes by Samir+Gupta · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The USA did it to China indeed.

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    -- Samir Gupta, Ph. D. Head, New Technology Research Group, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan.
  2. Re:You better believe they'd do it ... by strider44 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think that bugging everything that is used by a foreign government (even allied governments) is bugged and that's just something that happens, almost as if it's expected. The following is from a friend of a friend of a family member so expect it to be exaggerated or possibly wrong (though I don't think it is), but apparently every piece of military hardware imported from America here to Australia is striped and taken apart and thoroughly checked for tracking devices and bugs, and they're routinely found. This is one of the closest allies in the "War on Terror".

  3. We have a saying... by Serious+Simon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In the Netherlands we have a saying that can be translated into English as "The way the innkeeper is himself, he suspects his guests"...

  4. US bugs Chinese "Airforce 1" Okay?! by didiken · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Funny that US has bugged a Boeing 767 purchased from the US for use by former President Jiang Zemin.

    Didn't hear the Chinese stop buying jumbo jets.