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China's Government Unveils 'China Operating System' To Great Skepticism
redletterdave writes "The government of China is not too fond of foreign mobile operating systems like iOS and Android, so the country cooked up its own homegrown solution: A Linux-based, open-source operating system called the COS, or China Operating System. But consumers have every right to be skeptical; China is using the recent NSA scandal in the U.S. to push its own product. A government-approved mobile operating system, especially in China of all places, reeks of its own backdoor exploits for governmental spying."
Given how compromised everything else seems to be what could they be expected to do except to try to have something they can trust. However, that doesn't mean it will ever see the light of day beyond their own governmental computers.
---- The above post was generated by the Turing Institute. Maybe.
It exists. It's a Linux system that can't do anything because doing anything useful in the USA requires paying royalties to patent holders.