A little more from the CIA computor security retiree.
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Hi _______,
I just returned from Office Depot looking at their all-in-one printers. The Brother 5895CW you were interested in from Costco illustrated in
their latest flyer is "Made in China". The problem with that is the special agreement that the Intel services in China have with local computer/printer
manufacturers. They get Government money/assistance/sponsorship for allowing their Intel service to insert packages into outgoing electronics.
(per Wiki-leaks DOS cable traffic). The below news release confirms that relationship. It would be nice if US company's would accept accountability
for this problem, or hold China accountable. That hasn't happened yet.
Alternately, Office Depot has All-in one printers from Epson that are made in Indonesia. There is a much better relationship between the US and Indonesia
for producing products at this time. The equivalent all-in-one appeared to be the Epson Workforce 520 for approximately $129.00.
I helped my buddy in Tucson install his Epson all-in one printer and he just confirmed to me that he is happy with it's capability,
and he apparently has no adverse side effects from the installation. (unlike some HP all-in-ones that produce unpredictable on line behavior)
Cheers,
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U.S.official says pre-infected computer tech entering country
By M. Alex Johnson, msnbc.com reporter
Confirming years of warnings from government and private security experts, a top Homeland Security official has acknowledged that computer hardware and software is already being imported to the United States preloaded with spy ware and security-sabotaging components.
The remarks by Greg Schaffer, the Department of Homeland Security's acting deputy undersecretary for national protection and programs, came Thursday during a tense exchange at a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The panel is considering an Obama administration proposal to tighten monitoring and controls on computer equipment imported for critical government and communications infrastructure.
Schafferdidn't say whether the equipment he was talking about included end-user consumer tech like retail laptops, DVDs and media players. If so, his comments,first reported Friday morning by Fast Company, would be the first time the United States has publicly confirmed that foreign consumer technology is arriving in the country already loaded with nasty bugs like key-logging software, botnetcomponents and even software designed to defeat security programs installed on the same machine.
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