Huawei Technicians Helped African Governments Spy on Political Opponents

Post by flagfeedingusa » Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 4:02 AM UTC

jimclegg wrote: post #19

weq wrote: post #11

TDLR; Company owned by oppressive regime helps other oppressive regimes prosper in exchange for unfetted access to the countries resources. There is news here. But its not about spying. https://greenworldwarriors.com/2019/03/06/ugandas-main-asset... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2134438/chin...

Shocking that Israel barely gets a mention in this article (you know, the actual supplier of the surveillance tech used). So we just ignore that Israeli companies sell spy tech to every corrupt government on the planet and instead focus on demonizing Huawei giving Africans cheap 5G? Trade war inspired reporting, not surprising coming from the Murdoch rag WSJ.

Post by scanny » Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 4:44 AM UTC

majia wrote: post #18

motohagiography wrote: post #13

Huawei will likely become the main competition for NSO group and companies like it, but that's the least of the worlds worries. Governments with resource wealth don't need large public services that would operate a sophisticated intelligence service, so they outsource it. So far these governments have been doing point targeting against dissidents w/ mercenary surveillance companies, but it's possible these companies…

What you said about Huawei is more applicable to Boeing, which sells weapon systems instead of telecom gears. You may want to look at how US companies are involved in arm sales to Saudi. It’s fair that US wants to contain China’s leverage in Africa and maintain its own, but this is a national security priority for US , not “everyone”.

Post by tibbydudeza » Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 5:09 AM UTC

motohagiography wrote: post #13

Huawei will likely become the main competition for NSO group and companies like it, but that's the least of the worlds worries. Governments with resource wealth don't need large public services that would operate a sophisticated intelligence service, so they outsource it. So far these governments have been doing point targeting against dissidents w/ mercenary surveillance companies, but it's possible these companies…

Post by tedeh » Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 5:18 AM UTC

rdlecler1 wrote: post #24

What’s their corporate culture slogan, “Be evil”?

Post by brighter2morrow » Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 6:07 AM UTC

tibbydudeza wrote: post #25

motohagiography wrote: post #13

Huawei will likely become the main competition for NSO group and companies like it, but that's the least of the worlds worries. Governments with resource wealth don't need large public services that would operate a sophisticated intelligence service, so they outsource it. So far these governments have been doing point targeting against dissidents w/ mercenary surveillance companies, but it's possible these companies…

Sadly it has been shown the United States circa 2019 is not an ally anymore ... it is an alien country to most of us now where you have somehow elected a nativist leader who is a racist. At this stage for us Africans the Chinese seems like a more dependable and friendlier lot.