On Tue, 2 Jul 2019 10:07:59 +0300 Mihai Popescu <mih...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I keep finding articles about some government bans against some > hardware manufacturers related to some backdoor for espionage. I know > this is an old talk. Most China manufacturers are under the search: > Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, etc. It seems painfully obvious what's driving all the bans and vilification of Chinese hardware and software is that the USA wants exclusive rights to spy on you and won't tolerate any competition. Does anybody think maybe the reason Google and Facebook don't pay taxes anywhere might have something to do with what they do with all that info they collect? Is the "new" talk about USA banning any meaningful encryption proof of how seriously they take security and privacy? > What do you think and do when using OpenBSD on this kind of hardware? Lemote boxes are kinda neat but they're not the fastest in the world. It beats the hell out of the alternatives if you can live with the limitations. > Do you prefer Dell, HP and Fujitsu? Your only choice is probably to pick the least objectionable entity to spy on you. If you buy Intel you know you're getting broken, insecure crap no matter whose box it comes in. Sure it runs fast, but... in that case everybody is going to spy on you. /jl
