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I would barely trust Lenovo if I had completely wiped the drive, and even then I'd be wary. Huawei is a whole different animal. I wouldn't allow a Huawei device in my home or office unless it had the battery removed and it was enclosed in a Faraday cage.

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I just recently bought a Lenovo for someone close to me. Would you mind elaborating on why you say this about them, and if you really think they can be made somewhat privacy-safe for general use?

Lenovo has bundled pre-installed malware with their computers[0][1], even going so far as to include a rootkit[2].

[0] http://www.zdnet.com/article/lenovo-accused-of-pushing-super...

[1] http://www.computerworld.com/article/2984889/windows-pcs/len...

[2] https://www.zdnet.com/article/lenovo-rootkit-ensured-its-sof...

As far as we know, the Think* (ex-IBM) product line has been free of such shenanigans, though.

Yeah. Those tend to have more easily replacable firmware, though.

Lenovo have the best keyboard of any laptop brand available. So I'll just accept it. :)

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