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You can always powerwash it and slap your favorite linux distro on it, no?

Lenovo put a rootkit in its laptops' firmware that reinstalled across system wipes, so no.

I'll bet you have an Intel chip and a phone. Both have surveillance capabilities built in: Intel ME and your phone's baseband processor.

If you can pay the premium, then vote with your money. Otherwise succumb and wipe clean.