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Why is this project tied so specifically to China? Honest question here....

• flohofwoe 7y ago
  What are those specific ties other than the company behind the project being located in China?
  • apta 7y ago
    Still a red flag.
    • SQueeeeeL 7y ago
      Is it? That's like saying that Intel being located in the US is a red flag for them leaving backdoors in their hardware... oohhh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRAND#Reception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRAND#Reception
      • apta 7y ago
        And China has backdoors in their stuff. We shouldn't be using it.
    • deleted 7y ago
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    • sweetdreamerit 7y ago
      "Five-starred Red Flag", indeed ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_China
    • flohofwoe 7y ago
      So basically "only buy American"? ;) I don't want to defend that company or the product, or the country they operate from, but the source code is all on github under a permissive license and thus can easily be auditioned for government backdoors. Where's the problem?
      • apta 7y ago
        Backdoors can still exist in public code bases.
  • essive 7y ago
    I just thought it seemed a bit odd to me to have the project tied to large organizations in China so much. I’m not saying to “buy American” but I do think it’s reasonable to be perplexed.
• apta 7y ago
  Better watch out for backdoors then.