I don't know; if this gets into the news cycle (which it should), I think it will be a huge problem for lenovo. The people buying one of these to run Linux likely already understand the implications and are reading about it now. The rest of the consumer base need only hear "someone can intercept your banking password" and they will take notice.

There has been an uptick in computer security related news stories lately. I think the tide may be changing, albeit slowly.