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Recall how Huawei got raked over the coals in the US congress, and now realize that every US networking hardware company is going to get the same treatment in p
by mullingitover 13y ago
Recall how Huawei got raked over the coals in the US congress, and now realize that every US networking hardware company is going to get the same treatment in pretty much every country in the world they try to sell to.
- waterlion 13y agoI think this comment wins the thread.
- lytol 13y agoLink: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443615804578041931689859530.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044361580457804...
- cwkoss 13y agoversion not behind a paywall?
- gamble 13y agoNow we know why Congress thought it was a realistic risk - they were already doing it to China.
- baconner 13y agoNailed it. Here's hoping there's a silver lining to the damage that the us tech industry will take over this - harder resistance when gov comes calling with inappropriate requests. Increasing public Opposition and lobbying from tech giants. More companies willing to speak out despite the legal risk.
- samstave 13y agoI'm thinking its game over.
- ihsw 13y ago> harder resistance when gov comes calling with inappropriate requests Not at all, now such laws going to be established across the world in order to "bring us in line with international law." Broad-sweeping and baseless surveillance is going to be called "nothing new" and "widely utilized for the benefit of law enforcement." This is another effect of globalization -- if one government gets an advantage over another due to lax privacy laws then the rest have to follow suit. The NSA's bottom line is this: If China has a Great Firewall and we can't have one, then we must have the capability to decrypt everything.