US Congress Rules Huawei a 'Security Threat'

dgharmon writes with the lead from a story in the Brisbane Time: "Chinese telecom company Huawei poses a security threat to the United States and should be barred from US contracts and acquisitions, a yearlong congressional investigation has concluded. A draft of a report by the House Intelligence Committee said Huawei and another Chinese telecom, ZTE, 'cannot be trusted' to be free of influence from Beijing and could be used to undermine U.S. security."

Comments

Don't panic

[Chrisq]

Don't panic. If you have a Huawei phone just fill a bucket with water and drop the phone in. After 12 hours you can safely dispose of t in the bin. Then go and buy a phone made in the West like the ....uhm ..... well ... do without a phone.

Re:Don't panic

[Divebus]

China practically invented the category of Gov't spyware in electronics. Be careful what you say in front of your Chinese made toaster.

Security threat to the United States

[Kinky Bass Junk]

Sure, if by 'security threat' you mean 'economic threat', and by 'United States' you mean 'Motorola'.