US asks allies to avoid Huawei
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US asks allies to avoid Huawei
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Re: US asks allies to avoid Huawei
#2Makes sense. The NSA can't backdoor the kit if China already have, right?
I understand it's oft more nuanced than this, but the comment about glass houses comes to mind.
Re: US asks allies to avoid Huawei
#3Other coverage that made it to the top of HN a few days ago: US asks allies to drop Huawei - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18513249
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#4Makes sense. The NSA can't backdoor the kit if China already have, right? I understand it's oft more nuanced than this, but the comment about glass houses comes to mind.
I wonder if the financial incentives (i.e. bribes) to avoid China also stipulate buying Cisco or Motorola. If not, I wonder if this will backfire and create a great opportunity for Fujitsu/Ericsson/Nokia to advertise their relative safety and independence.
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#5What about ZTE?
Re: US asks allies to avoid Huawei
#6Makes sense. The NSA can't backdoor the kit if China already have, right? I understand it's oft more nuanced than this, but the comment about glass houses comes to mind.
Is it hard to imagine that this is truly 100% backdoored by China's secret services? Nope. Avoiding it is the smart thing to do. Yes, NSA will try to do the same but China will also ask it's citizens to avoid known NSA backdoored devices.
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#7Makes sense. The NSA can't backdoor the kit if China already have, right? I understand it's oft more nuanced than this, but the comment about glass houses comes to mind.
Yes, they are all bad, but at some point you will have to choose the lesser evil.
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#8I don't want to be that guy but as scary and threatening as this all sounds if you just flip the script you can gain some empathy for citizens of every country the NSA spied on. For once, Americans and Europeans are starting to fear the same "invasion" that the rest of the world has been feeling for a while now. I just hope my countries team wins I guess?
Re: US asks allies to avoid Huawei
#9I don't want to be that guy but as scary and threatening as this all sounds if you just flip the script you can gain some empathy for citizens of every country the NSA spied on. For once, Americans and Europeans are starting to fear the same "invasion" that the rest of the world has been feeling for a while now. I just hope my countries team wins I guess?
That's kind of a weird point to make since the NSA spies on Americans and Europeans too.
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#10Makes sense. The NSA can't backdoor the kit if China already have, right? I understand it's oft more nuanced than this, but the comment about glass houses comes to mind.
Yes, they are all bad, but at some point you will have to choose the lesser evil.
What is the "lesser evil" though? It highly depends on how you perceive things and issues.