Lenovo: Companies working in China may have to install local backdoors

And apparently also confirmed that they’ve done it for other countries too, without providing any names.

We've reverted it from “Lenovo CTO confirms local backdoors in products”.

Meanwhile in the US we also have a long history of monitoring internet traffic, installing backdoors and allowing private third-parties to filter what we see online.

Where do we get off critiquing the PRC? We should clean our own house first.

Eventually you just won't be able to buy a trustworthy computer.

Are they telling me other companies in the West are not doing this and only Lenovo in China does it? I would find that hard to believe. You see, the reality is once your opponent has made the move first in an attempt to gain a competitive advantage, no matter how unethical that move is, you are forced to do the same or even more. If not you'll be quickly left so far behind and won't ever have the chance to come back in the race. Despite whatever anyone has told you, that's how the real world works. Our companies may not readily admit what they're doing but in reality they have little choices. It's similar to countries that don't possess nuclear weapons are always second class in the world's power order. The time limit to join first class was gone a long time ago and it will never come back.