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Huawei launches Ark Compiler – aims to improve Android system efficiency
- shakna 8y agoWhilst any improvement in the toolchain for Android is more than welcome, the claims that Ark will be open source doesn't alleviate the concerns about who are releasing it. From the recent driver [1] that might have been a backdoor, to the tailbacks of their CVE history [0]. A compiler would allow them to introduce classes of vulnerabilities, in ways that might not be obvious, or easy, to detect. [0] https://www.cvedetails.com/vendor/5979/Huawei.html https://www.cvedetails.com/vendor/5979/Huawei.html [1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/03/how-microsoft-found-a-huawei-driver-that-opened-systems-up-to-attack/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/03/how-microsoft-found-...
- unmole 8y agoHuawei regularly figures in the largest contributors to the Linux kernel. How concerned are you now?
- shakna 8y agoAs Australia, the USA, Germany and others have banned Huawei from deploying 5G over concerns, I will continue to be concerned anytime their name comes up. Judgement, tact, and caution are required. Huawei's main business is just that - a business. The vulnerabilities that may be intentional are a result of the political environment they operate in, just as NSA backdoors supplied by Intel in the past are a result of their political environment, and makes me cautious about trusting without verifying large scale US tech companies. > Huawei regularly figures in the largest contributors to the Linux kernel. I'm afraid I can't verify this statement. They do have plenty of contributions are HiSilicon... But I can't verify that they are one of the largest contributors, in fact their contributions seem dwarfed next to many others.
- karmakaze 8y agoUntil 'will be' becomes 'is', this is a non-starter.