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Huawei Sting Offers Rare Glimpse of the U.S. Targeting a Chinese Giant

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Re: Huawei Sting Offers Rare Glimpse of the U.S. Targeting a Chinese Giant

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Post by wybiral »

AftHurrahWinch wrote: post #40
mruts wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well Bloomberg reporters get bonuses based on how much the their stories move the market. Huawei is traded on the Shanghai Exchange so the incentives for the reporter are to make the stock tank (or pop, I guess).

> Bloomberg reporters get bonuses based on how much the their stories move the market. I was surprised to learn this is true! https://www.businessinsider.com/bloomberg-reporters-compensa...

This article speculates but doesn't provide any actual evidence of anything other than the fact that they probably get compensated for reporting on things that impact the market... Which makes sense considering the nature of their publication.

It doesn't provide any proof that they encourage bogus reporting for the purpose of manipulating the market. There's a difference.

Re: Huawei Sting Offers Rare Glimpse of the U.S. Targeting a Chinese Giant

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Post by z2 »

ETHisso2017 wrote: post #35

Sounds like the FBI is just flailing around, and latching onto bottom feeders in the smartphone components industry in an attempt to find dirt on Huawei. This case is a good example: AKHAN had 28 employees and was going on 80 in 2014, but now it only has 5 employees and has zero revenue. https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140917/BLOGS11/140... Also, how does a startup without any sales dollars afford the servi…

The Bloomberg reporter watching from a distance part was a bit weird. Also, independent of this alleged wrongdoing, the product itself clearly failed to get traction in the (mobile device) market, for reasons we can only speculate. Sure, they probably can't compete at the same level as juggernauts like Corning, but Gorilla Glass was adopted within a year of announcement back in 2008. Here we are 3 years after 2016, and presumably zero manufacturers are interested in the glass.

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Post by boomboomsubban »

So after Businessweek's story about Supermicro sending hacked boards to companies, the FBI director Wray deflected questions by saying

>“We have very specific policy that applies to us as law enforcement agencies to neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation,”

Why are they now seeming to break that policy by confirming this investigation?

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Post by acct1771 »

boomboomsubban wrote: post #43

So after Businessweek's story about Supermicro sending hacked boards to companies, the FBI director Wray deflected questions by saying >“We have very specific policy that applies to us as law enforcement agencies to neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation,” Why are they now seeming to break that policy by confirming this investigation?

Political gain.

Basically, same as when 60 Minutes showed US bombers against protocol a short bit after Russia started waxing ISIS in Syria.

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Post by jaclaz »

As a side-side note, I do understand how journalists may want a career as writers and US articles tend to have pointless details/descriptions, but this is IMHO way too much:

>Khan was casually dressed in a dark peacoat, black button-up shirt, gray pants, and sneakers. Shurboff’s attire was more businesslike: a light blue dress shirt, gray sports jacket, black trousers, and brand-new leather shoes.

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Post by [deleted] »

ETHisso2017 wrote: post #35

Sounds like the FBI is just flailing around, and latching onto bottom feeders in the smartphone components industry in an attempt to find dirt on Huawei. This case is a good example: AKHAN had 28 employees and was going on 80 in 2014, but now it only has 5 employees and has zero revenue. https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140917/BLOGS11/140... Also, how does a startup without any sales dollars afford the servi…

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Post by hammock »

ETHisso2017 wrote: post #35

Sounds like the FBI is just flailing around, and latching onto bottom feeders in the smartphone components industry in an attempt to find dirt on Huawei. This case is a good example: AKHAN had 28 employees and was going on 80 in 2014, but now it only has 5 employees and has zero revenue. https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140917/BLOGS11/140... Also, how does a startup without any sales dollars afford the servi…

>Sounds like the FBI is just flailing around, and latching onto bottom feeders in an attempt to find dirt...

I find that hard to believe.

Re: Huawei Sting Offers Rare Glimpse of the U.S. Targeting a Chinese Giant

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Post by onecool »

Didymos wrote: post #28
vfclists wrote: post #12

Is there anything that Huawei does that Western companies don't do, such as trying to steal their competitors secrets? https://www.digitaltrends.com/business/google-sues-uber-over... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43010348 For any older person this is no news. Didn't we something like this with Hitachi in the 80s? Of course the authorities try to ban purchases from foreign companies that steal American company…

My instinct is anything our government screams at another country about, security-wise, is simply projecting the fear that everyone else is going to do the exact same thing our government is doing. Huawei might have back doors for the Chinese govt.? Oh, you mean like the FBI, NSA, and CIA have tried to (or maybe successfully) force(d) Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google to do?

Nice astro-turfing for the Chinese government.

All these 'Account created 2 hours ago' people chiming in.

Re: Huawei Sting Offers Rare Glimpse of the U.S. Targeting a Chinese Giant

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Post by sneakernets »

onecool wrote: post #48
Didymos wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My instinct is anything our government screams at another country about, security-wise, is simply projecting the fear that everyone else is going to do the exact same thing our government is doing. Huawei might have back doors for the Chinese govt.? Oh, you mean like the FBI, NSA, and CIA have tried to (or maybe successfully) force(d) Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google to do?

Nice astro-turfing for the Chinese government. All these 'Account created 2 hours ago' people chiming in.

They also slam the [-] like a swarm of angry bees. At least they are obvious to see.
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