Comments on: Latest problem import? Infected digital photo frames

Manufacturing problems in China have "bled over to the digital side," says security expert.

[sparrowhyperion]

It amazes me how companies in the U.S. will still buy these cheaply made, shoddy workmanship items from China. It has become pretty obvious that they si9mply can't handle proper quality control over there where their work climate is to produce as many items as they can, as quickly as they can. Maybe the U.S should start manufacturing over here again.... How's that for a novel idea...?

[hleotan]

I totally agree with you. I'm really tired to see cheap stuff from China all over our shelfs. It's cutting business in America.because they can't compete with the price but, is made with quality. I think it's getting out of hand.

[Gene__]

But, it is not entirely the result of "American companies" buying cheap stuff offshore. It is also largely related to [so many] AMERICANS themselves wanting everything to be cheap, or inexpensive, or however they rationalize it to themselves. And domestic products can be much more expensive for many reasons, including our relatively expensive labor rates (compared to Asian rates of pennies per hour or day), and the increased cost of regulations with which our domestic industry has to comply, but Asian countries either do not have or do not enforce (except against foreign firms operating on their soil). So, a large part of it is what we have done -- and continue to do -- to ourselves to make our own industry so hard-pressed to compete in the world economy.

We ran into this problem this year with two mp3 players that came to our home as gifts (for our children). Can't eliminate the code on the devices that the anti-virus program identified under its heuristics analysis mode, because the devices are locked against such actions.

gggg sssss may also be correct: Is this all "accidental"? Probably not. Some may be intentional, but how much remains a mystery.

[gggg sssss]

next up : pre virused / pre rootkitted Lenovos, to be flogged to defence departments around the world. These are not accidents.

[andeys3]

I think it comes down to be able to research what you buy, and not just picking up things that are on the shelves and assuming that what you buy will be the best for you. You don't do that with your groceries, why do that with an expensive technology? http://www.sitonsantaslap.com/?utm_source=bc