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US Asks Foreign Allies To Avoid Huawei (cnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the tussle-continues dept.

The US government is reportedly trying to persuade its foreign allies' wireless and internet providers to avoid Huawei equipment. From a report: Officials have spoken to their counterparts and telecom bosses in Germany, Italy, Japan and other friendly countries where the Chinese company's equipment is already in use, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources. The US is reportedly particularly worried about the use of Huawei equipment in countries with American military bases, since most nonsensitive communication travels via commercial networks, and it's concerned about Chinese meddling.

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  1. So they won't cooperate with the NSA? by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You can't buy this kind of premium advertising.

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    1. Re:So they won't cooperate with the NSA? by mark-t · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Even if we assume that the Chinese have a backdoor into that equipment, it's better than the NSA/GCHQ having a backdoor into it.

      Explain this reasoning.... how is a foreign backdoor preferable to a domestic one?

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    2. Re:So they won't cooperate with the NSA? by mark-t · · Score: 1, Insightful

      And how is that actually a preferable thing, when we are still talking about invading people's privacy?

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    3. Re: So they won't cooperate with the NSA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      Chinese will blackmail you into doing their bidding.

  2. Of course! by gweihir · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If people use Huawei, the NSA-Backdoors (e.g. Cisco) are not present! They cannot have that...

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  3. The Chinese are not the good guys by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Even if we assume that the Chinese have a backdoor into that equipment, it's better than the NSA/GCHQ having a backdoor into it.

    I really have to point this out: the Chinese government are really NOT the good guys.

    Yeah, the slashdot echo chamber says over and over "NSA bad!", but, really, learn something about what the Chinese government is doing to see some serious repression.

    1. Re:The Chinese are not the good guys by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Sure, but if you live in the USA, the Chinese aren't the ones who can put you in jail.

  4. Re:No evidence, no proof, no oversight by Type44Q · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I realize that the Chinese are not innocent, but from the point of view of an American they are the lesser of two evils.

    Only an ignorant American. Our government may be just as stupid, corrupt and evil as China's but their respective methods of maintaining control differ enough that it's obvious which regime people usually try to escape from... and which one* they try to escape to.*

    *Media grandstanding notwithstanding (say that fast)