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Re: Nokia phones sent identifiable data to Chinese server

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Post by ElBarto »

oblio wrote: post #66
ElBarto wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"China" claims it is part of the People's Republic, which it is indeed not. But both sides agree that it is China. Like Korea includes both North and South even if there are two states.

In practice, that's a useless tidbit. Would you rather be the average South Korean or the average North Korean? Their lives are completely different, those are different states for a reason.

That's not useless at all, that's very important and that's the point.

Ask Chinese, ask Koreans. Also ask Germans or Vietnamese.

You could also ask Foxcomm's founder.

Re: Nokia phones sent identifiable data to Chinese server

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Post by camillomiller »

ycombonator wrote: post #59

Allegedly hacked entire OPM database, Marriot and other orgs. This allows them to potentially blackmail key personnel they want to control. Imagine what they can accomplish with the deployment of Huawei 5G.

This is bullshit. what's the connection? This is an Android based flaw. What could Huawei 5G infrastructure do that couldn't yet be achieved through their highly prevalent 4G infrastructure? Are we worried they're gonna spy us faster and with lower latency?

Re: Nokia phones sent identifiable data to Chinese server

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Post by killjoywashere »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #60
killjoywashere wrote: post #39

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Maybe we should add a new topline category, "threat reports"?

This seems outside of HN remit, but definitely worth being a site of its own with an RSS feed. I feel this should be curated not based on community voting.

US-CERT is already a thing. But we all hang out here. I think this community has a special collection of talents that could foster positive relationships with the larger society.

Re: Nokia phones sent identifiable data to Chinese server

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Post by jimmy_ruska »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #60
killjoywashere wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe we should add a new topline category, "threat reports"?

This seems outside of HN remit, but definitely worth being a site of its own with an RSS feed. I feel this should be curated not based on community voting.

Somewhat related subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec

Re: Nokia phones sent identifiable data to Chinese server

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Post by C14L »

_ink_ wrote: post #36
userSumo wrote: post #25

i just bought the 7 plus a few weeks ago, anyone has a tip on what could I do now?

If your are located in the EU file a DGSVO complained. In fact since HMD is based in Finland you can do this probably anyway.

*GDPR. DSGVO is the German name.

Re: Nokia phones sent identifiable data to Chinese server

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Post by robjan »

atzd4b wrote: post #43
robjan wrote: post #15

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Foxconn is a Taiwanese company Edit: I am not disputing the "One China Principle". The fact remains that Taiwan is self-governed.

Taiwan is China.

Regardless of the politics, Taiwan and China have different governments and Taiwanese companies are unlikely to be forced by the Taiwanese government to put Chinese spyware on phones that they manufacture.

Re: Nokia phones sent identifiable data to Chinese server

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Post by robjan »

ElBarto wrote: post #48
robjan wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Foxconn is a Taiwanese company Edit: I am not disputing the "One China Principle". The fact remains that Taiwan is self-governed.

Which makes it a Chinese company, yes...

Regardless of border politics, Taiwan has its own government

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Post by abc-xyz »

ElBarto wrote: post #57
buildbot wrote: post #49

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No, China claims it is, but it’s not.

"China" claims it is part of the People's Republic, which it is indeed not. But both sides agree that it is China. Like Korea includes both North and South even if there are two states.

I think Republic of China would at this point prefer to be referred to as Taiwan rather than China. This way they can also distance themselves from all the human rights abuses happening in Xi Jinping's China, you know concentration camps, medical genocide (organ harvesting), mass surveillance and whatnot.
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