News Dorland reveals an 'explosion proof' 10-inch tablet for use in harsh environments – but the system specs aren't exactly incendiary

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Customers are expected to be mainly from power, petroleum, chemical, and other heavy industries, as well as companies who have operations in places classified as Zone 1 and Zone 2 hazardous areas.
The specs are lame because security is prioritized over speed. These locations are meant to be secure from prying (foreign) eyes, so the device prioritizes domestic components to lower the risk of back doors and exploits. Remember how the Stuxnet worm was successfully designed to penetrate and destroy heavy industry. It happens, and China naturally does not want to be prey to this type of attack. Using domestic and obscure components makes it difficult for spies to use this tablet as a vector.
 
How are the specs surprising, given the sanctions on China's tech industry? You gloss over the most interesting the here - this is a tablet running on Linux. That is something I'd like to see more of in this country.
 
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