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Out of curiosity: Is it possible that the US Government will do the same for Xiaomi that they did to Huawei? If so, how long will it take?
by trm42 5y ago
Out of curiosity: Is it possible that the US Government will do the same for Xiaomi that they did to Huawei? If so, how long will it take?
- Wronnay 5y agoXiaomi already was on a blacklist in the past: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-12/xiaomi-u-s-government-agree-to-drop-firm-from-blacklist https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-12/xiaomi-u-...
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- mytailorisrich 5y agoHuawei is perceived as a problem because they are big in infrastructure. Xiaomi does smartphones that run on Qualcomm chips and Android. Of course there are always games and tit-for-tat but on the face of it Xiaomi is rather innocuous and benefits US companies (and that's probably why it was removed from the US blacklist).
- throwaway4good 5y agoHuawei designing their own chipsets seems to be the big thing. We will see what happens if Xiaomi starts using main chipsets from Unisoc or another Chinese designer.
- nobody0 5y agoNot likely, though Xiaomi is a bit bigger now, it is not really posing noticeable technical superiority that Huawei was regarded.
- timwaagh 5y agoXiaomi doesn't provide the kind of network infrastructure that Huawei does. So they don't have access to the kind of data that concerned us policymakers.
- patrickaljord 5y agoIf everyone start using their phones, they kind of will. I would guess it's easier to spy on people when you own the hardware and OS. Maybe the infrastructure would allow broader spying but owning a big part of the smartphone market allows for more in-depth spying for those with Xiaomi phones.