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Lenovo Looking to Buy Seagate, May Raise Political Concerns

Posted by Zonk on from the this-is-what-we're-worried-about dept.

andy1307 writes "According to an article in the New York Times, Lenovo has expressed an interest in buying Seagate. This has raised concerns among American government officials about the risks to national security in transferring high technology to China. From the article: 'In recent years, modern disk drives, used to store vast quantities of digital information securely, have become complex computing systems, complete with hundreds of thousands of lines of software that are used to ensure the integrity of data and to offer data encryption.'"

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  1. Who says it's lenovo? by Tragek · · Score: 5, Informative

    The article says nobody will say WHICH Chinese tech company wants to buy.

    1. Re:Who says it's lenovo? by andy1307 · · Score: 5, Informative

      The editors changed my post. I submitted this 2 days ago and no company was named.