On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]> wrote: > Vijay Anand [11/05/10 15:20 +0530]: >> >> Given how the 10$ - or was it 5$ "laptop" was essentially a thumb drive, >> wouldnt be surprised if this is another glitch by some reporter. The >> points >> behind this development seems to be security - which also sounds >> ridiculous >> that we want to develop "simple" OS to make things secure, when you can >> technically just unplug the computer from the network and it is as secure >> as >> it could be. >> >> For all you know, going with hint of "antivirus" there, this might >> actually >> be a firewall software which someone misheard or misrepresented. > > There was this very interesting article I saw about how china was requiring > source code and encryption key disclosure from all suppliers to its govt of > encryption enabled gear (chip OS / OS / firewalls / routers / antispam > software etc). Think about that.
I am told that the US Department of Defense has barred laptops whose BIOS is made in China. Not sure, how true this is... venky
