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American-manufactured devices are probably equally as infiltrated by American foreign intelligence services. Hence why they don't just use a standard Linux dist

American-manufactured devices are probably equally as infiltrated by American foreign intelligence services. Hence why they don't just use a standard Linux distro with open source firmware.

partiallypro 7y ago
There is no proof of this, but there is tons of proof that China state funds Huawei and has the intent of espionage and IP theft.
- mengqing 7y ago
  There is no proof at all. There are a lot accusations, but US government cannot provide any evidences to back them up.
- hungryhobo 7y ago
  The opposite actually
snazz 7y ago
US government spying has nothing to do with why manufacturers don’t “just use a standard Linux distro with open source firmware”. There are no GNU/Linux (as in, with the GNU userland) distros that work well enough on phones to compete with Android and open source firmware removes some competitive advantage around things like image processing.
roca 7y ago
Even if it was true that American phone companies are infiltrated by American intelligence services, you have to ask yourself which government you trust more. As a New Zealander, I think there are very good reasons to trust the US government a lot more. Heck, if you look at where Chinese officials try to stash their money and their families, it's clear they trust Western countries a lot more too.
- AsyncAwait 7y ago
  > As a New Zealander, I think there are very good reasons to trust the US government a lot more. As an EU citizen, idk, China seems more locally focused, the U.S reaches everywhere. Speaking of NZ, the whole Kim Dotcom situation makes it look like a U.S.vassal state, honestly.
  - stjohnswarts 7y ago
    Hardly, look at what the Chinese are doing in Africa and the "Silk Road" initiative and how they load down countries with borrowing so they can come in and clean up 10 years later.
- babyloneleven 7y ago
  Of course I trust China more. China never militarily supported a coup in my country.

American-manufactured devices are probably equally as infiltrated by American foreign intelligence services. Hence why they don't just use a standard Linux distro with open source firmware.

partiallypro 7y ago

There is no proof of this, but there is tons of proof that China state funds Huawei and has the intent of espionage and IP theft.

mengqing 7y ago
There is no proof at all. There are a lot accusations, but US government cannot provide any evidences to back them up.
hungryhobo 7y ago
The opposite actually

snazz 7y ago

US government spying has nothing to do with why manufacturers don’t “just use a standard Linux distro with open source firmware”. There are no GNU/Linux (as in, with the GNU userland) distros that work well enough on phones to compete with Android and open source firmware removes some competitive advantage around things like image processing.

roca 7y ago

Even if it was true that American phone companies are infiltrated by American intelligence services, you have to ask yourself which government you trust more. As a New Zealander, I think there are very good reasons to trust the US government a lot more. Heck, if you look at where Chinese officials try to stash their money and their families, it's clear they trust Western countries a lot more too.

AsyncAwait 7y ago
> As a New Zealander, I think there are very good reasons to trust the US government a lot more. As an EU citizen, idk, China seems more locally focused, the U.S reaches everywhere. Speaking of NZ, the whole Kim Dotcom situation makes it look like a U.S.vassal state, honestly.
- stjohnswarts 7y ago
  Hardly, look at what the Chinese are doing in Africa and the "Silk Road" initiative and how they load down countries with borrowing so they can come in and clean up 10 years later.
babyloneleven 7y ago
Of course I trust China more. China never militarily supported a coup in my country.