A trade war masquerading as national security concerns.
Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027
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Re: Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027
#12The justification is that the equipment presents a national security risk. If that's true, how is it reasonable to allow this equipment to operate in the UK for 7 more years? Doesn't that mean the UK is willingly under national security risk for 7 years? Unless, of course, there was never a security risk...
Presumably it's about judging what is an acceptable degree of risk vs stripping out all Huawei equipment immediately and effecively crippling the nation's comms infrastrtucture.
Re: Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027
#13Total crap;either it is a security risk and it has to be removed yesterday or it is not. 2027 is meaningless.
Re: Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027
#14The China-US tensions are not going to get better, and, in fact, will get worse as years go by. More and more nations will be forced to choose sides. It's not good and I'm not sure what a resolution even looks like.
Perhaps having to take a side in this is not necessarily a negative? Better sooner rather than later.
Re: Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027
#15The justification is that the equipment presents a national security risk. If that's true, how is it reasonable to allow this equipment to operate in the UK for 7 more years? Doesn't that mean the UK is willingly under national security risk for 7 years? Unless, of course, there was never a security risk...
Not dissimilar to how face masks are being made compulsory in shops by the British government. In 11 days' time.
And 2 days ago Gove said they wouldn't be compulsory.
They are just panicking because of the economy (latest figures show a 20% crash).
Re: Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027
#16Following the German strategy I see. Just put things so far out they’re the next governments responsibility
Re: Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027
#17The justification is that the equipment presents a national security risk. If that's true, how is it reasonable to allow this equipment to operate in the UK for 7 more years? Doesn't that mean the UK is willingly under national security risk for 7 years? Unless, of course, there was never a security risk...
Our governments balance these concerns all the time: economic cost vs security risk. It's very normal.
Re: Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027
#18The justification is that the equipment presents a national security risk. If that's true, how is it reasonable to allow this equipment to operate in the UK for 7 more years? Doesn't that mean the UK is willingly under national security risk for 7 years? Unless, of course, there was never a security risk...
I see you've never been in charge of risk mitigation measures. I do them as part of my job and am tasked with scoring risks and possible mitigation responses. Sometimes the mitigation is so effective that it can eliminate the risk but other times it is practically useless.
Decision makers then need to asses those risks and possible mitigations and weigh them against a million other factors.
Re: Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027
#19The justification is that the equipment presents a national security risk. If that's true, how is it reasonable to allow this equipment to operate in the UK for 7 more years? Doesn't that mean the UK is willingly under national security risk for 7 years? Unless, of course, there was never a security risk...
Not dissimilar to how face masks are being made compulsory in shops by the British government. In 11 days' time.
Future-dating it is a sensible move to allow people to get used to the idea, to disseminate the news, and to allow time to obtain the necessary equipment. It will increase compliance compared to an immediate rule change. Bear in mind that only about 5%-10% of people in UK currently are wearing masks in shops (based on my own local observations).
Re: Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027
#20The justification is that the equipment presents a national security risk. If that's true, how is it reasonable to allow this equipment to operate in the UK for 7 more years? Doesn't that mean the UK is willingly under national security risk for 7 years? Unless, of course, there was never a security risk...
Presumably it's about judging what is an acceptable degree of risk vs stripping out all Huawei equipment immediately and effecively crippling the nation's comms infrastrtucture.
Is 5G really already “critical”? I thought it was only just starting to be phased in when the virus became more important to worry about.