U.S. blacklists Huawei

Re:U.S. blacklists Huawei by dreamcompiler on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:57PM (#19926016)

I would barely trust Lenovo if I had completely wiped the drive, and even then I'd be wary. Huawei is a whole different animal. I wouldn't allow a Huawei device in my home or office unless it had the battery removed and it was enclosed in a Faraday cage.

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Re:U.S. blacklists Huawei by shadowprofile76 on Thursday May 16, 2019 @02:02AM (#19926539)

I just recently bought a Lenovo for someone close to me. Would you mind elaborating on why you say this about them, and if you really think they can be made somewhat privacy-safe for general use?

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Re:U.S. blacklists Huawei by voldacar on Thursday May 16, 2019 @02:50AM (#19926745)

Lenovo has bundled pre-installed malware with their computers[0][1], even going so far as to include a rootkit[2].

[0] http://www.zdnet.com/article/lenovo-accused-of-pushing-super...

[1] http://www.computerworld.com/article/2984889/windows-pcs/len...

[2] https://www.zdnet.com/article/lenovo-rootkit-ensured-its-sof...

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Re:U.S. blacklists Huawei by pilsetnieks on Thursday May 16, 2019 @02:24PM (#19931485)

As far as we know, the Think* (ex-IBM) product line has been free of such shenanigans, though.

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Re:U.S. blacklists Huawei by voldacar on Friday May 17, 2019 @06:34PM (#19944256)

Yeah. Those tend to have more easily replacable firmware, though.

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Re:U.S. blacklists Huawei by philliphaydon on Thursday May 16, 2019 @12:19AM (#19926090)

Lenovo have the best keyboard of any laptop brand available. So I'll just accept it. :)

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