US says it can prove Huawei has backdoor access to mobile-phone networks

Post by pletsch » Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 8:18 PM UTC

dustfinger wrote: post #100

Note: The following might be considered off-topic. On the otherhand, there might be something nefarious in the SMS network. I found something strange that affects SMS in Canada. You can send the lower case text "secure communication", but it will never be recieved by the recipient. I am not sure if this behavior is reproducible outside of Canada. It might be a software defect, or perhaps there is something capturing…

Post by vixen99 » Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 8:25 PM UTC

zzddffgg wrote: post #114

zabana wrote: post #112

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> the chinese can and do simply disappear people without the semblance of due process Hum you could use a chat with one or more guantanamo bay inmates

The scales here are extremely different. Millions of uighurs are being detained en masse for their race and religion. Guantanamo has 40 inmates who are related to national security. It's a false equivalence and disrespectful to uighurs to compare them to terrorists.

Post by dustfinger » Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 8:26 PM UTC

dustfinger wrote: post #100

Note: The following might be considered off-topic. On the otherhand, there might be something nefarious in the SMS network. I found something strange that affects SMS in Canada. You can send the lower case text "secure communication", but it will never be recieved by the recipient. I am not sure if this behavior is reproducible outside of Canada. It might be a software defect, or perhaps there is something capturing…

Post by CWuestefeld » Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 8:39 PM UTC

ohithereyou wrote: post #134

99_00 wrote: post #122

China's intelligence law requires people or companies to spy when asked. >“request relevant organs, organisations, and citizens provide necessary support, assistance, and cooperation”. According to Article 16, intelligence officials “may enter relevant restricted areas and venues; may learn from and question relevant institutions, organisations, and individuals; and may read or collect relevant files, materials or it…

Counterpoint: CALEA and National Security Letters in the US.

Post by Dylan16807 » Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 8:46 PM UTC

BrendanD wrote: post #103

syshum wrote: post #81

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as a US Resident, China has no authority to murder me or put me in a cage like the US Government does. So if I had to choose I would prefer china over the NSA, Of course neither is the best option but ..... if I lived in China the inverse would be true

In western countries you can, in general, publicly mock your leaders on the front steps of your legislature. Try dancing in a Winnie-the-Pooh costume in front of the Great Hall of the People and see what happens...