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It's about the goals and intentions of governments, not backdoors. Backdoors are a cheat for them, to reach their goals easier. What you should ask yourself is
by deltron3030 7y ago
It's about the goals and intentions of governments, not backdoors. Backdoors are a cheat for them, to reach their goals easier. What you should ask yourself is which model of society you actually prefer.
- Youden 7y agoI think that's the part where we fundamentally disagree, or at least weigh things differently. I don't see buying Chinese networking equipment as a choice about society. I see it as a choice about which device best serves my needs. So long as China isn't morally bankrupt (which I do not believe to be the case), I give zero weight to their societal model. Even if I were weighing models of society against each other, America is only barely ahead of China in my mind. China may do some messed up things like their detention camps but America is no bastion of morality either. America fabricates evidence to invade its enemies, causes the deaths of hundreds of thousands in the process, holds people without trial or due process, tortures people, commits war crimes through assassination, arbitrarily pulls out of international deals, to the detriment of all, and refuses to respect international law to the point where it has declared it will invade one of its allies should one of its people be tried for war crimes. Maybe China is morally worse, I'm not sure if I believe that at the moment. Whatever the case, I see America as far more dangerous.