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So it turns out the ban on Huawei was not (just) because American companies lost competition on equal terms; it was Huawei’s unwillingness to “cooperate”, ie in
by trasz 4y ago
So it turns out the ban on Huawei was not (just) because American companies lost competition on equal terms; it was Huawei’s unwillingness to “cooperate”, ie install backdoors for US agencies.
- throw827474737 4y agoYeah, it was obvious from the start that "they are so insecure and have all the backdoors" actually meant "they dont have backdoors for us" :D
- Lio 4y agoI don't think you can draw any of those conclusions as the alternative to Huawei is equipment from Nokia and Ericsson, neither of which is American. Since the UK is one of the Five Eyes they already have information sharing agreements with the USA, so no need for backdoors either. GCHQ will just give them anything they want to know.
- trasz 4y ago>Nokia and Ericsson, neither of which is American. Both can be easily forced to cooperate. Compare with ASML. And sure, UK can get those data already, but UK's role in all this was to provide media and political support for USA's ban. It never was about Huawei in UK's infra.