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Has it occurred that the US opposition to using telecom equipment from Huawei might be because they can't send them a national security letter or otherwise forc
by chrischen 7y ago
Has it occurred that the US opposition to using telecom equipment from Huawei might be because they can't send them a national security letter or otherwise force them to make a backdoor (kind of like how Apple resisted) for domestic spying?
I feel like if China were to backdoor 5G equipment deployed to the US it'd be relatively trivial to detect by operators, and absolutely crippling to the market share of Huawei if they were found to compromise their equipment.
- geowwy 7y agoI think it's partly that, and partly just that having other countries rely on you for their infrastructure gives you more political leverage. US wants to deny political leverage to China and take it for itself.
- chrischen 7y agoThe world would be a better place if people just came out straight to the point like that.