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Well, given that they are morally corrupt enough to do this to their customers, why not expect them to have similar trojans or backdoors on Thinkpads?

If we assume firmware is safe, wipe it and do a clean install from trusted media.



Because the business and consumer teams at Lenovo are largely separate. I can't order a Yoga through my Thinkpad rep. I have to go to a retail vendor and us a credit card. I expect there are lots of people at the old IBM offices in New York who are as horrified as we are at when the consumer team agreed to.


Can we assume their firmware is safe though?


No. Firmware has been a part of the "trusting trust" conundrum for several years now.




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