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“We are aware of the media reports but at this stage have no reason to doubt the detailed assessments made by AWS and Apple,” This is a pretty mild statement,
by sorokod 8y ago
“We are aware of the media reports but at this stage have no reason to doubt the detailed assessments made by AWS and Apple,”
This is a pretty mild statement, would not say it backs Apple and Amazon.
- JdeBP 8y agoYes, it's not really backing them any more than the equally non-committal statement from the Norwegian National Security Authority is. The Reuters headline is not borne out by its article. * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18146242 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18146242
- SyneRyder 8y agoAustralia's Department of Defence also has a rather vague statement in response: "Defence will continue to work with the ACSC [Australian Cyber Security Centre] to continue to monitor the situation," the spokesperson said. http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-10-05/supermicro-malicious-chips-china-australian-government/10342006 http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-10-05/supermicro-mal...
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- TheOtherHobbes 8y agoIt's not the UK's job to back Apple and Amazon. "We have no reason to doubt" is not a weasel statement. "At this stage" is a weasel statement, but only in the sense that it means "We haven't investigated this or seen any evidence ourselves, and until we do we'll go with the line taken by Apple and AWS." This can be taken as meaning "The US has given us details and asked us to deny them" - which makes no sense, IMO. Or "The US has given us no details" - which is rather more likely.
- tedunangst 8y agoNobody said it was a weasel statement. Nobody said it was their job to back these companies. The claim is that, counter to the title, they have not backed these companies.