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I knew of that 9 months ago, but nobody was interested so I dropped it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17329825
Best thing to do would have been to contact tech sites with the info. Like The register would definitely do an article about it.
Seems to support the US paranoia about Chinese gear and if proven as known evil, doesn't help huawei's 5g aspirations...
If it was the Chinese who were trying to spy, it'd be pretty dumb to use a .cn URL isn't it? Seems to support the US paranoia about Chinese gear and if proven as known evil, doesn't help huawei's 5g aspirations...
Nokia is just a name on the phone. The trademark licensee is HMD Global while engineering and manufacturing has been outsourced to Foxconn, a Chinese company.
Edit: I am not disputing the "One China Principle". The fact remains that Taiwan is self-governed.
I knew of that 9 months ago, but nobody was interested so I dropped it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17329825
The ask hacker news section isn't really a good avenue for discussion unless it's a general topic like:What's a good framework? or Give me an easy idea to make money. Best thing to do would have been to contact tech sites with the info. Like The register would definitely do an article about it.
I think "Tell HN:" is for such cases, but it's just not as popular.
Very nice of the Chinese military to choose a .cn domain so even the Norwegians can see what is going on ...
In other words - a non-story or at most a story about quality issues at the reborn Nokia.
But luckily the URL pointed to China ... so we can make the story about that ... with a big red communist flag, talk about mass surveilliance, human rights, future invasions and so on ...
I don't really think this is because of racism; I mostly just think it is because we are idiots that prefer big hyperboles rather than simple explanations of non-issues.
If it was the Chinese who were trying to spy, it'd be pretty dumb to use a .cn URL isn't it? Seems to support the US paranoia about Chinese gear and if proven as known evil, doesn't help huawei's 5g aspirations...
The Chinese don't have to be covert about their tracking activities. It's part of their society, and everyone (at least outside of China) is aware of it, and nobody inside of China is allowed to talk about it.
When you consider the progress China has made over the last 50 years from the perspective of a typical Chinese citizen, you can see why they make that bargain.
Modern smartphones are mini pocket computers. Computers that don't respect your Freedom and that you don't have full control over. You cannot audit what the device is doing. You feed it masses of personal data and put faith into all the various people involved in it (from chip manufacturer to network provider).