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Given the current state of affairs it’s hard not to assume this is just another piece of anti-Huawei propaganda.

by trasz 5y ago

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thinktankie 5y ago
Couldn’t agree more. The only backdoors ever found in Huawei equipment were those installed by the NSA themselves. [1] ”… even as the United States made a public case about the dangers of buying from Huawei, classified documents show that the National Security Agency was creating its own back doors — directly into Huawei’s networks.” https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/world/asia/nsa-breached-chinese-servers-seen-as-spy-peril.html?_r=0 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/world/asia/nsa-breached-c... [2] “…an even bigger concern is that with the growing ubiquity of Huawei products, the NSA's own surveillance network could grow dark in areas where the equipment is used. For that reason, as the latest Snowden revelations showed last week, the spy agency reportedly hacked Huawei as part of an operation launched in 2007. The plan involved stealing source code for some of Huawei's products in the hope of finding vulnerabilities. Such security holes could allow the NSA to exploit the products and spy on traffic in countries where Huawei equipment is used -- such as Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kenya, and Cuba.” https://www.wired.com/2014/03/how-huawei-became-nsa-nightmare/ https://www.wired.com/2014/03/how-huawei-became-nsa-nightmar...
mensetmanusman 5y ago
It can be true and propaganda simultaneously.
- trasz 5y ago
  It could, but experience shows it’s pretty much all FUD - bad stuff about China that is true doesn’t need propaganda, because it’s being picked up by everyone anyway. It’s pretty much the exact opposite of what happens with US-based companies, where the backdoors have been actually found, not just alleged, yet many people still consider them more secure than non-US counterparts.

Given the current state of affairs it’s hard not to assume this is just another piece of anti-Huawei propaganda.

by trasz 5y ago

Given the current state of affairs it’s hard not to assume this is just another piece of anti-Huawei propaganda.

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thinktankie 5y ago

Couldn’t agree more. The only backdoors ever found in Huawei equipment were those installed by the NSA themselves. [1] ”… even as the United States made a public case about the dangers of buying from Huawei, classified documents show that the National Security Agency was creating its own back doors — directly into Huawei’s networks.” https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/world/asia/nsa-breached-chinese-servers-seen-as-spy-peril.html?_r=0 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/world/asia/nsa-breached-c... [2] “…an even bigger concern is that with the growing ubiquity of Huawei products, the NSA's own surveillance network could grow dark in areas where the equipment is used. For that reason, as the latest Snowden revelations showed last week, the spy agency reportedly hacked Huawei as part of an operation launched in 2007. The plan involved stealing source code for some of Huawei's products in the hope of finding vulnerabilities. Such security holes could allow the NSA to exploit the products and spy on traffic in countries where Huawei equipment is used -- such as Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kenya, and Cuba.” https://www.wired.com/2014/03/how-huawei-became-nsa-nightmare/ https://www.wired.com/2014/03/how-huawei-became-nsa-nightmar...

mensetmanusman 5y ago

It can be true and propaganda simultaneously.

trasz 5y ago
It could, but experience shows it’s pretty much all FUD - bad stuff about China that is true doesn’t need propaganda, because it’s being picked up by everyone anyway. It’s pretty much the exact opposite of what happens with US-based companies, where the backdoors have been actually found, not just alleged, yet many people still consider them more secure than non-US counterparts.