From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   AJL  wrote:   
   > On 12/3/25 1:50 PM, Jörg Lorenz wrote:   
   [...]   
   > >What do we learn anyway? Always check permissions on Chinese crap after   
   > >installation. Or even better: Never install apps from your enemies.   
   >   
   > How about Android tablets? Virtually all my Android tablet toys over the   
   >  years were made in China. This Chrome OS tablet I'm posting with is from   
   >  China. All my Amazon Fire OS tablets are. My Acer Chromebook was. I   
   >  sometimes wonder if a backdoor could be inserted during manufacture? That   
   >  would be a sneaky way to aquire info, huh...   
      
     But *which* 'China'? AFAIK, much stuff is labeled 'Made in China' for   
   political reasons, while it's actually made in Taiwan, i.e. not mainland   
   China.   
      
     And as Jörg mentioned, some large brands' products are made in   
   mainland China under tight control from those brands.   
      
     OTOH, one can have products which are not made in mainland China,   
   but which contain major components which *are* made or/and developed in   
   mainland China.   
      
     That happened to me for my Kenwood FM/DAB+/Internet/ Spotify   
   'SmartRadio'. While the label on the box says 'Made in Japan', the   
   actual 'SmartRadio' electronics are manfactured in mainland China   
   (Shenzhen). The development is done in Cambridge in the UK, so hopefully   
   this is one of these 'tight control' situations.   
      
      
     Bottom line: It's very hard to impossible to tell if something you   
   (want to) buy is safe, privacy/security wise,   
      
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