We Demand "100% Made in USA" Computers If We Are Serious About Cybersecurity // Here is a list of USA brands 100% down to the chips and bits According to Cryptogon/The Guardian, "China Tells Government Offices to Remove All Foreign Computer Equipment and Software" This is a wise idea, and I've been saying it for about 6 yrs now, that WE (USA) should be doing the same thing.  But we cannot.  There is no way, right now, to have a made-in-the-USA computer, other than with small, proprietary "single board" computers like the raspberry PI (which is UK and also something we ought not trust) Parts To have USA-made computers, you have to have all USA made parts. Here are computer parts made in the USA  [ (R) = Recommended ]   It is not all inclusive [ref: https://www.neweggbusiness.com/smartbuyer/components/born-in-the-usa-computer-hardware-made-in-america/] Almost there AMD support in linux is native, whereas NVIDIA is not.  I've used both. I've had a better experience with AMD, for what its worth (dumb issues with nvidia). In windows, they are perfectly matched Motherboard There are no motherboards made in the USA that I know of.  Correct me in the comments if you know differently. This is a BIG problem.  I use ASUS, which is taiwanese.  I only trust this brand because of reliability, but I have long suspected backdoor f*ckiness. Honorable Mention: The "Most likely to be backdoored" Award "If it's free, the product is YOU".   My lenovo yoga laptop performs as well as the dell xps13, but with the better screen also and is $500 or more less.  I didn't think about it when I bought it.  You get what you pay for--in this case, surveillance  (erased the OS, put on linux and then electrical tape on the camera and mic (and over the hidden mic and hidden camera) Because of the remote mgmt engine, I will never buy Intel ever again.  Not any single component.  I used Intel for years and promoted them heavily.  I feel very betrayed by this company and I cannot get over it. Hackable Single board computers The alternative to raspberry Pi that is made in California is the Pine64 https://www.pine64.org/devices/single-board-computers/pine-a64/ There are other companies that claim to be 'ultrasecure' and 'from grounds up' but then you find they are using INTEL chips.  Librem is an example.  To quote Greta Thurmsburgers, "How Dare You!" I've not been super impressed by the open hardware movement towards a 100% USA manufactured (or open-hardware) computer Discussion If you want to be serious about cybersecurity, you MUST ensure security down to the chips and bits.  This means manufacturing 100% in the US.  You must treat the computers as a military equipment being sold to citizens.  No, this does NOT enable or justify the military or any civil 'intelligence/security' group to retain 'backdoors' into the equipment.  What this does is ensure there are no backdoors TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS OR SECURITY GROUPS Lenovo has a manufacturing facility in NC; and there are other foreign companies that have been insourcing back to the states, such as a Samsung facility in TX.  This doesn't count though.  We need a full US chain-of-custody from cradle to grave, if we want to secure these things