[Trisquel-users] low priced devices which surveillance you

[svhaab]

In a broadcast a person spoke about the possibility, you buy a device and it  
will have built in surveillance software. A person could buy several hundred  
devices. Put surveillance or botnet software on them. Then sell them  
lowpriced. He spoke about governments doing it. A chinese government entity  
could order thousands of manipulated devices. Then have them sold low priced  
in nord america or europe acting as botnets. He mentioned, he had noticed  
chinese devices being that low priced, he would not rule out they were state  
paid surveillance or botnet devices targeting people in the west.
There is no protection against such practices?
If I buy a camera, usb memory stick, wifi card, they can have a chip with  
surveillance or botnet software and still run on debian main?
Thanks.