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China’s Tech Giants Have a Second Job: Helping Beijing Spy on Its People
- dekhn 9y agoAT&T used to help the US with this, too. See 'The Idea Factory' for details on the 'Secret Schedules' the head of AT&T and AT&T research had so they could go explain their tech and make it easy to tap by Washington.
- eighthnate 9y agoThat's all tech giants in pretty much all countries. And not just their own people, they spy on foreigners too. There's a reason why russia and china kick out foreign tech companies from time to time. There's a reason why EU demands access to source code/hardware specs/etc from foreign tech companies. It's why all major nations ( US, China, Russia, etc ) are working towards creating and manufacturing a wholy native tech stack for their sensitive government and corporate institutions.