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Huawei reviewing FedEx relationship, says packages 'diverted'

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Re: Huawei reviewing FedEx relationship, says packages 'diverted'

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So many US corporations are sacrificing potential billions in global comsumer confidence and flat-out revenue loss backing the “trade war”. What assurances are they getting which makes them willing to take the leap, I wonder?

At the end of the day any losses have to be explained to sharebolders, regadless of political loyalties.

Re: Huawei reviewing FedEx relationship, says packages 'diverted'

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I really hope any US Commerce dept plans against Huawei completely backfire. Imagine in two years if Huawei has a stable, strong alternative to Android that takes over the Asian markets and even gets imported by American enthusiasts through 3rd party channels. I'd like to see someone break the Apple/Google dual-olopy.

Re: Huawei reviewing FedEx relationship, says packages 'diverted'

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post #13

I wonder what the backstory is to this. You don't issue a press release for two missing packages. And since they were "important commercial documents" I am assuming that US intelligence must have intercepted them for some reason.

The back story could just as easily be a shipping error and Huawei trying to drum up anti-American sentiment as a counter to all the bad press the US have directed their way. Sure, it’s highly suspicious that a Hauwei shipment end up in America but equally it seems unlikely FedEx would be dumb enough to advertise that fact on their tracking page if they were ordered to divert said documents. I’m not suggesting there…

Another backstory is that huwai has long believed to be backdoring to chinese intel just as cisco has since the mid 90s...

We arrested their cfo in canada and have been on attack with them since.

The actual question is - the US has been doing this against them for quite some time now Mr smith.

So...

Did huwai just realize, or do they have enough anomalous tracking that they are leaking public to measure reaction.

Look, dont be a fool - WWIII - as Einstein stated, is not nuclear, its informational - and we are in the midst;

Echelon Carnivore Stuxnet Duqu PRISM Lots more: too many.

Etc

Etc

There are a lot of subs in that list and a lot of ghosts we dont know about...

But only a moron would think that cyber war is NOT in full force

Re: Huawei reviewing FedEx relationship, says packages 'diverted'

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post #17

Anyone who has shipped with FedEx knows how somehow everything you send goes through Atlanta. I'll bet this was just one of those "logistical efficiency" gone wrong kind of things. Or US intelligence requested the documents be diverted. Either is about equally likely I'd say.

I tend to agree with the first half... Maybe I'm a bit tin-foil, but I feel like if intelligence was involved they'd just intercept it en route, and wouldn't bother sending it all the way back to the US, especially in a trackable way for that matter...

Re: Huawei reviewing FedEx relationship, says packages 'diverted'

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post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They just want you to think they were documents. The question is why ...

Are you now implying that Huawei is lying about them being documents to cover up what they were actually shipping or something? (I genuinely can't tell if this is a joke or not)

Dunno about Huawei, but I’ve definitely sent door keys and thin EEPROM programmers as « documents » to save on shipping costs.

They tend to have fewer customs issues too since they go through a separate stream in a lot of countries.

Re: Huawei reviewing FedEx relationship, says packages 'diverted'

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post #21

So many US corporations are sacrificing potential billions in global comsumer confidence and flat-out revenue loss backing the “trade war”. What assurances are they getting which makes them willing to take the leap, I wonder? At the end of the day any losses have to be explained to sharebolders, regadless of political loyalties.

The asurance that their company won't be shut down for violating a federal embargo?

Re: Huawei reviewing FedEx relationship, says packages 'diverted'

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post #17

Anyone who has shipped with FedEx knows how somehow everything you send goes through Atlanta. I'll bet this was just one of those "logistical efficiency" gone wrong kind of things. Or US intelligence requested the documents be diverted. Either is about equally likely I'd say.

i find it hard to believe any intelligence service would a.) literally reroute the package, instead of having some field agents in the origin country deal with it, b.) not suppress revealing the actual route on the fedex tracking website.

Re: Huawei reviewing FedEx relationship, says packages 'diverted'

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I wonder what the backstory is to this. You don't issue a press release for two missing packages. And since they were "important commercial documents" I am assuming that US intelligence must have intercepted them for some reason.

Maybe the shipment was planted to false flag the Americans? Do some press release about it, to add more credibility to the story?

Re: Huawei reviewing FedEx relationship, says packages 'diverted'

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post #21

So many US corporations are sacrificing potential billions in global comsumer confidence and flat-out revenue loss backing the “trade war”. What assurances are they getting which makes them willing to take the leap, I wonder? At the end of the day any losses have to be explained to sharebolders, regadless of political loyalties.

Trump has proven loyal to the farmers, at least, to the tune of redistributing over $15 billion in taxes to compensate them for the harm done by his administration's trade policies.

I'm sure the rest of us will receive similar consideration.

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