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• w0de02 6y ago
  Hikvision’s camera boxes phone home to China and are trivially exploitable - for what it’s worth. More generally, it appears NASA doesn’t trust software from Chinese entities. As is only prudent, in my opinion.
  • cozzyd 6y ago
    I suspect this is some sort of blanket federal regulation.
    • count 6y ago
      Yep. https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=4ba3e18dc64ed266b9ada1b6a23a49c3&mc=true&node=se2.1.200_1216&rgn=div8 https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=4ba3e18dc64ed266b9...
• count 6y ago
  https://pacs.oregonstate.edu/sites/fa.oregonstate.edu/files/pacs/resources/prohibited_agreements_with_huawei.pdf https://pacs.oregonstate.edu/sites/fa.oregonstate.edu/files/... It's against the law to do business with those specific companies in the performance of contracts with the federal government.
• ahepp 6y ago
  The US Government has been tightening restrictions on Chinese equipment for a while now, particularly ones it has identified as having a close relationship with the PLA.