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I guess this is "Red Scare 2.0"? Is it? I'm not sure whether to worry about China or not, I feel like all my worry is driven by the political forces in the USA
by chris_mc 7y ago
I guess this is "Red Scare 2.0"? Is it? I'm not sure whether to worry about China or not, I feel like all my worry is driven by the political forces in the USA and Europe rather than facts. It seems so one-sided that "China is Evil" that I feel like I'm being duped. I love my Huawei watch, but I've stopped using it because of the fear of spying, even if I don't have facts to support the fear. I don't trust nearly any source to properly vet this information, how can I? Is this all a ploy to take down China as a growing world power to save the America-Europe hegemony? I feel like at this point, I don't see a ton of difference between the two, both torture people (America's war on "terror"), both are committing genocide (America's ICE separating families), both are spying like crazy on the other, etc.
- dlivingston 7y agoDespite the fervor, I haven't seen anything that indicates that Huawei is necessarily malicious. I have seen, though, many things that indicate that their dev practices just plain suck - and that alone is enough for me not to buy their products. EDIT: Also, that's a major false equivalence.
- chris_mc 7y agoYes their watch was okay but their software sucked. I think it's more likely China has spies within Huawei rather than Huawei being a literal intelligence operation. American engineers generally balk at inserting backdoors, why wouldn't Chinese engineers?