The Nexus 5X is built by LG. The 6P by Huawei. It's only been a few years since CBS/60 Minutes went on a veritable crusade[0][1] against Huawei, alleging secur

The Nexus 5X is built by LG. The 6P by Huawei. It's only been a few years since CBS/60 Minutes went on a veritable crusade[0][1] against Huawei, alleging security and espionage concerns. However, it's been confirmed since that the modus operandi of Western intelligence has been to simply to own everything in the telecommunications sector[2][3], so it's not a large leap of logic to imagine they probably have copies of every single IC schematic and piece of software that goes into a Huawei product anyways. By that logic, a sound conclusion might be that the 6P renders you no more or less vulnerable to Western intelligence, but perhaps far more vulnerable to Chinese intelligence? This might not be a concern for the average user, though it's something to consider for anyone high-profile or powerful. Of course, doing anything sensitive on your smartphone is generally not a good idea to begin with, but not everyone is tech savvy (or careful). Besides, if a phone is compromised, its owner can still be tracked and recorded against their will anyways. [0] http://www.cbsnews.com/news/huawei-probed-for-security-espionage-risk/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/huawei-probed-for-security-espio... [1] http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/update-on-huawei/ http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/update-on-huawei/ [2] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/22/nsa-huawei-china-telecoms-times-spiegel http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/22/nsa-huawei-chin... [3] http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/19/nsa-gchq-sim-card-billions-cellphones-hacking http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/19/nsa-gchq-sim-...