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Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar... by cronix on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @12:13PM (#30074507)
> Sony makes their phones in Thailand, speakers/headsets in Malaysia. Panasonic produces a lot of consumer electronics in Malaysia. Samsung makes some of their phones in Vietnam, and the high-end ones in Korea. Their fridges are also made in Thailand/Korea. Google makes their Nest line of products in Thailand/Vietnam now. Some Netgear Arlo products are made in Indonesia, (some?) Netgear switches are made in Thailand.

Made/Manufactured/Assembled in X country doesn't mean not using Made/Manufactured/Assembled parts from Y country in the process. Take the Cisco router manufactured in Thailand. Out of the thousands of individual components on the circuit boards, not a single IC within it was manufactured in China?

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Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar... by standard458 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @03:00PM (#30077190)
"Made in USA" has fairly strict rules. You can sneak some components in but it needs to be negligible and not misleading.
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