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> stolen from That kind of issue is solved in court with proofs and compensations. Cisco is no small bullied kid and should deal with it without us crying a ri
by hrktb 7y ago
> stolen from
That kind of issue is solved in court with proofs and compensations. Cisco is no small bullied kid and should deal with it without us crying a river about it. They also infringe patents, get caught, pay up settlement fees and continue business as usual.
Not going down this route in this specific case makes it look way more dirty on US side IMO.
> hacking
Cisco has been caught countless times spreading NSA backdoors to the world, they shouldn’t get any moral pass.
I think it comes down to who’s wrongdoing you are willing to turn a blind eye on. If you’re not an US citizen nor don’t see US gov as a reliable ally, the whole Huawei vs the US feud has no clear moral or ethical split.
- pas 7y agoThe US gov - despite all the terrible deeds in its short history - builds upon a very strong civil liberties foundation, whereas China is a one-party totalitarian dictatorship. Sure, there's no "clear" ethical split, but just putting both of them into the naughty bin won't do anyone much good. Most of the people on HN don't want anyone spying on them, but that doesn't mean there is no point in clearly stating that Huawei products somehow represent a greater risk than Cisco's overpriced every-year-re-branded legacy junk.
- hrktb 7y agoIt’s hard to argue an entity does terrible things while putting aside all their terrible deeds. How would you judge if what they’re doing regarding Huawei is not one of them ? To my knowledge nothing of interest has been put on table as proof or objective justification of the ban at this point. The point is not if the US gov is better than the Chinese one, it’s how other countries deal with the US gov having a beef against a foreign company.