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I had an IBM Thinkpad for work, back in the first decade of this century. It was a real workhorse and I loved it.
When the Chinese bought IBM, I swore I’d never buy another Thinkpad because I simply do not now and have never trusted them. What I do trust is my instincts.


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Everyone is denying this happened. All the companies involved and the US gov. I’m a little surprised because I consider Bloomberg reputable and I’m sure they sourced it. I’m also surprise not a single physical example exists since so many were supposedly shipped. As someone in the IT industry, I’m not sure what to think.
 
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2003TIDE said:
Everyone is denying this happened. All the companies involved and the US gov. I’m a little surprised because I consider Bloomberg reputable and I’m sure they sourced it. I’m also surprise not a single physical example exists since so many were supposedly shipped. As someone in the IT industry, I’m not sure what to think.
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I worked in IT for 10 years, so here’s a piece of advice you didn’t ask for:
Don’t trust China. China has stolen the ability to produce not only the weapons they have, but everything that moves their economy.


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I have s Supermicro S5 case. So I would like to apologize for the joke I made about Xi; I didn't know you were listening.
 
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Oh I don’t. This whole story smells fishy to me though.
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If it is possible to do, if it involves espionage on any level into America, and ESPECIALLY if it brings out denials from our government and companies involved, I’d give it a 50/50 chance of being real without seeing any evidence firsthand, knowing who’s being accused.


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twofbyc said:
I had an IBM Thinkpad for work, back in the first decade of this century. It was a real workhorse and I loved it.
When the Chinese bought IBM, I swore I’d never buy another Thinkpad because I simply do not now and have never trusted them. What I do trust is my instincts.


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Christopher Cox warned us back in the early 90s.
 
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twofbyc said:
I had an IBM Thinkpad for work, back in the first decade of this century. It was a real workhorse and I loved it.
When the Chinese bought IBM, I swore I’d never buy another Thinkpad because I simply do not now and have never trusted them. What I do trust is my instincts.
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The problem is that even if not owned by a Chinese company, there is still a very good chance that a PC is still manufactured there.
 
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I'm not sure what to make of that.
Do I believe that the Chinese are capable of inserting hardware to make a computer component vulnerable to spying? Certainly.
Do I believe that a government agency would want to hush up knowledge that they had figured that out? Certainly.
Would a company making a product try to quash a story that someone had made their products vulnerable? Maybe.
On the other hand, Occam's razor and what not...
 
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