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by cbhl 3263 days ago
My impression is that all electronics contain components from Shenzhen. Like, everyone I know who did a hardware startup moved to Shenzhen and spent at least six months there (if they didn't move part of the team there permanently).

So you should (dis)trust all consumer-facing manufacturers equally, and find another way to verify that your system is running correctly. For example, here's how Chromium OS / Chrome OS does it:

https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/...

https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/...