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Question

Would you refrain from buying a lenovo product?

Sep 1, 2016 3:26AM PDT

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I would own one
Sep 1, 2016 12:57PM PDT

in fact, I am considering the Lenovo Yoga Book. That article mentioned is from 2015 and they are not the only company that installs marketing utilities on computers. Have you taken a good look at Win10 operating system?

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Where are the marketing utilities mentioned?
Sep 2, 2016 8:19PM PDT

I've CERTAINLY gone through this, but yeah, spyware are JUST marketing tools, of courseHappy

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We have quite a few.
Sep 1, 2016 6:33PM PDT

Thanks for the 2015 article. I'll check ours out.

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So glad that you are in the least concerned
Sep 2, 2016 1:30PM PDT
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if you read the article
Sep 2, 2016 2:09PM PDT

the article states the requirement is only for all devices, software and computers sold to banks in China.

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The Chinese government recently implemented new rules requiring foreign companies that sell computer equipment to Chinese banks to disclose source code, submit to audits and build backdoors into both hardware and software, according to the New York Times.

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ok then let me give you another example
Sep 2, 2016 8:25PM PDT
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And if the date is a problem
Sep 2, 2016 1:32PM PDT
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you are trying to make something out of nothing
Sep 2, 2016 2:13PM PDT

It is something I am not concerned about at this time. If china was really trying to slip code into anything sold in the US, it would be found. Look what happened a few years ago with routers sold by Huawei. As I said in my first response. Take a look at win10 and all the info Microsoft is collecting about you.

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Mi Casa Su Casa.
Sep 2, 2016 2:59PM PDT

Dafydd.

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My something is always our gov and Lavabit.
Sep 2, 2016 3:36PM PDT

My country is now NSA and now that the Lavabit story is years old, a lot more was revealed.

I'd worry about what your country can do to you rather than what I can do to my country (wait, that's not what I meant.)

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yeah right
Sep 2, 2016 8:17PM PDT

BC MS is definitely much less trust worthy than the Chinese govt LOL, AND YEAH, installing SPYWARE on new computers is really nothing LMAO!

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(NT) you are freaking out over old news
Sep 2, 2016 8:43PM PDT
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NSA is doing the same
Sep 2, 2016 8:48PM PDT