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So who do I distrust less, Google, who is shamelessly harvesting all kinds of data just because they can, or a company with history of malware/spyware allegatio

by Aoyagi 10y ago

So who do I distrust less, Google, who is shamelessly harvesting all kinds of data just because they can, or a company with history of malware/spyware allegations?

gypsy_boots 10y ago
> or a company with history of malware/spyware allegations I'm not familiar with Huawaei, what's the story behind this?
- wepple 10y ago
  There were a few stories a while back, although IMO they were fairly light on details and data to back up their claims: http://au.idigitaltimes.com/malware-found-pre-installed-xiaomi-huawei-lenovo-phones-107190 http://au.idigitaltimes.com/malware-found-pre-installed-xiao... More generally however, a lot of tech manufactured in China has concern around it. Numerous western govt's have blacklisted the use of anything Chinese-produced over fears of espionage and general quality. A good example is the 'backdoors' that have shown up in Lenovo computers post-acquisition. I think there may be a little confusion between the the fact that Huawei makes networking gear which is blacklisted with a number of western govt's, with their mobile offerings - and several reports of 'malware' haven't helped muddy the waters. That said I wouldn't use a Huawei phone. Edit: here's the report regarding Malware: https://public.gdatasoftware.com/Presse/Publikationen/Malware_Reports/G_DATA_MobileMWR_Q2_2015_EN.pdf https://public.gdatasoftware.com/Presse/Publikationen/Malwar... It got a ton of upvotes on HN much to my confusion, given that the PDF reads like a marketing release trying to sell mobile AV (there's a whole side-topic of conversation there). Furthermore, the click-bait title highlights Lenovo, Huawei, etc when the actual report only outlines 3 never-heard-of-before vendors and mentions they 'suspect' the other vendors of distributing infected phones. Again, I would never own a Chinese-designed phone, but I think it's worth verifying claims.
seracors 10y ago
This probably depends on where you live...

by Aoyagi 10y ago

So who do I distrust less, Google, who is shamelessly harvesting all kinds of data just because they can, or a company with history of malware/spyware allegations?

gypsy_boots 10y ago

> or a company with history of malware/spyware allegations I'm not familiar with Huawaei, what's the story behind this?

wepple 10y ago
There were a few stories a while back, although IMO they were fairly light on details and data to back up their claims: http://au.idigitaltimes.com/malware-found-pre-installed-xiaomi-huawei-lenovo-phones-107190 http://au.idigitaltimes.com/malware-found-pre-installed-xiao... More generally however, a lot of tech manufactured in China has concern around it. Numerous western govt's have blacklisted the use of anything Chinese-produced over fears of espionage and general quality. A good example is the 'backdoors' that have shown up in Lenovo computers post-acquisition. I think there may be a little confusion between the the fact that Huawei makes networking gear which is blacklisted with a number of western govt's, with their mobile offerings - and several reports of 'malware' haven't helped muddy the waters. That said I wouldn't use a Huawei phone. Edit: here's the report regarding Malware: https://public.gdatasoftware.com/Presse/Publikationen/Malware_Reports/G_DATA_MobileMWR_Q2_2015_EN.pdf https://public.gdatasoftware.com/Presse/Publikationen/Malwar... It got a ton of upvotes on HN much to my confusion, given that the PDF reads like a marketing release trying to sell mobile AV (there's a whole side-topic of conversation there). Furthermore, the click-bait title highlights Lenovo, Huawei, etc when the actual report only outlines 3 never-heard-of-before vendors and mentions they 'suspect' the other vendors of distributing infected phones. Again, I would never own a Chinese-designed phone, but I think it's worth verifying claims.

seracors 10y ago

This probably depends on where you live...