Are chinese computers trustworthy?

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Not to be stereotypical or offensive

but there has been many cases (lenovo and xiaomi) in which Chinese computer companies were caught selling computers with spywares and backdoor installed

I am quite concerned due to this

Do you guys think chinese companies mainly discussed here such as chuwi onda cube etc… are trustworthy?

Or do you guys think it may be a risk I need to take for trying to buy a tablet at an incredible cheap price?

 

Thanks!

[Andrew W]

That’s a very interesting question.

I don’t think it is offensive at all. I mean this is not mere paranoia, when Lenovo has been caught THREE times doing this.

Now It’s THREE Pre-Installed Malwares on Lenovo Laptops

One of these times WAS BIOS based malware.

Now I use a Cube i7 Book.

This has an American Megatrends Bios… So do I trust them? Yeah probably. But has cube customised this in someway? I don’t know how BIOSes are sold to manufacturers

Its a more accessible bios than the crappy locked down stuff that Atom based devices have.

I mean the Cube has a cool bios. I can install any x86/x64 (UEFI) operating system on my device. Ubuntu boots and works perfect from SD card.

So many possible settings (and ways to potentially brick) the device in the BIOS.

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Do I trust it?

Probably… I mean if the devices aren’t filled with a bunch of bloatware – Think about almost every laptop on the market from a major manufacturer!

Do these smaller Chinese companies really have the programmers and coders to secretly put code somewhere you can’t see it?

I doubt it.

 

[Marcel]

You should trust them as much as other companies, with caution.

[ScutMonkey]

I haven’t seen anyone complain about this sort of thing around here, but I am nervous and skeptical about it too.

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