Lenovo Caught Installing Adware on New Computers

Re:Lenovo Caught Installing Adware on New Computers by vxNsr on Thursday February 19, 2015 @01:39AM (#9072768)

I thought that had to do with the fact that they're a chinese owned company and if say the CIA makes a large order (or any order really) the chinese government might step in and force malware to be installed.

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Re:Lenovo Caught Installing Adware on New Computers by skuhn on Thursday February 19, 2015 @03:55AM (#9073080)

I can't see why it would matter, since literally every laptop is made in China already. Plus the vast majority of computer components.

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Re:Lenovo Caught Installing Adware on New Computers by hurin on Thursday February 19, 2015 @05:26AM (#9073360)

Maybe it's too much of a risk if exposed for the manufacturing industry had they added a backdoor to a foreign customer's component without their knowledge?

As opposed to Lenovo agreeing to implement a backdoor? I'm not sure either.

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