Warnings should be heeded by any Americans using Chinese tech wherever they are.
It is welcome that Team USA looks out for athletes, but the US government should adopt the same standard for Chinese tech used in the USA. Many commercial off-the-shelf products used every day by Americans in their homes and businesses pose significant security threats. Devices and software embedded in equipment produced by firms owned and affiliated by the Chinese government can facilitate intrusion through “backdoors” and “backchannels.
Lenovo is also facing new scrutiny for its work to originate China’s facial recognition technology that is being used to identify Uighur Muslims and automatically report them to the police. While it isin many parts of the U.S. federal government including intelligence agencies, the State Department, the U.S. military, and the Department of “Defense Restricted List,” Lenovo PC’s are currently on desks in homes, offices, and government buildings throughout the U.
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