IBM agrees to give Chinese government access to product source code

17 October, 2015
IBM has agreed to give Chinese government access to source code of some of its software products, a move that'll help the company prove that there are no security risks associated with them.

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  • ithehappy
  • GRT
  • 20 Oct 2015

Doodoo, 18 Oct 2015you all are complaning about opening source code to china. ... moreNo, your analogy of open source software is incorrect and misunderstood. Look at : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Open_source_software&redirect=no

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    • Cyr4x
    • pmk
    • 18 Oct 2015

    Doodoo, 18 Oct 2015you all are complaning about opening source code to china. ... moreAll Google Services are closed-source. Only AOSP is open-source. So what? I am using Linux and all but games is open-source. Do I fear? No, cause open-source means no hidden backdoors, etc. Too easy to catch by the society focused around Linux.

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      • ithehappy
      • U$0
      • 18 Oct 2015

      Understandable. IBM gave same access to the US government to prove their product are secure.

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        • Doodoo
        • PxV
        • 18 Oct 2015

        you all are complaning about opening source code to china. but most of you are happily using android devices. all your androids code is also open, and can be read by all people on earth, not just china. all evil bad mean wicked hackers can read your androids code.

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          • Anonymous
          • KZ8
          • 18 Oct 2015

          Anonymous, 18 Oct 2015Dumb American with Clever Chinese. Perfect balance of ying ... moreAfter this they will claim entire South East Asia.

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            • Anonymous
            • sSJ
            • 18 Oct 2015

            OH OH OH!
            "IBM has agreed to give Chinese government access to source code of some of its software products, a move that'll help the company prove that there are no security risks associated with them."

            And Xiaomi doesn't release source codes and not sure about there MiCloud sync security risks :| :| :|

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              • Anonymous
              • RIE
              • 18 Oct 2015

              Dumb American with Clever Chinese. Perfect balance of ying and yang. Give up your source code to the biggest government on Earth. China will take over the world.

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                • Shell
                • LaA
                • 18 Oct 2015

                Thats why i love Apple, it has the balls to say no to us gouv or chinesse or anyone

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                  • Oncom
                  • sS@
                  • 18 Oct 2015

                  The US government don't need that cumbersome procedure, they just ask Google, Apple or other big data server to surrender their client's data.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • niM
                    • 17 Oct 2015

                    This is very clever! Indeed! Next thing, give chinese government the release codes for all west nuclear weaponry so that the chinese "are sure they don't point at them" We are being led by very clever people, really, I'm telling you!

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 9LB
                      • 17 Oct 2015

                      insik, 17 Oct 2015im proud to be chinese. hehe.LOL...funny

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                        • Anonymous
                        • Ibx
                        • 17 Oct 2015

                        This is the problem with US presently , they fold with every request by that government,

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                          • insik
                          • 2Au
                          • 17 Oct 2015

                          im proud to be chinese. hehe.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Ibx
                            • 17 Oct 2015

                            So if Huaweii or Lenovo want to do business in India or Europe, do they have to give up their source code too?

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                              • gab
                              • v0q
                              • 17 Oct 2015

                              and people wonder how china can hack into almost everything..

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                                • Anonymous
                                • Ibx
                                • 17 Oct 2015

                                Anonymous, 17 Oct 2015People who want to blame China should think of NSA and how ... moreWhaaattt? ??

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • X}t
                                  • 17 Oct 2015

                                  People who want to blame China should think of NSA and how USA toppled many governments. China doesn't want to take a chance.