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I think Lenovo has or had(?) ThinkShield to check your laptops build and shipping history or something.


4/2/26 Build complete at Lenovo factory Shenzen-149

4/3/26 Shipped to MSS facility Beijing

4/5/26 Received at MSS facility Beijing

4/5/26 Special firmware upgrade performed at MSS facility

4/7/26 Shipped from MSS facility Beijing to customer in United States via Fedex


...which is exactly the same way backdoored Cisco hardware got to China.




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