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Huawei Had a Deal To Give Washington Redskins Fans Free Wi-Fi, Until the Government Stepped In (wsj.com)
Two years after a congressional report labeled Huawei a national-security threat, the Chinese firm unexpectedly scored a big-name ally in Washington. It was the Redskins, the capital's National Football League franchise. Huawei reached an agreement in 2014 to beam Wi-Fi through the suites at the team's FedEx Field, in exchange for advertising in the stadium and during broadcasts. From a report: It was a marketing coup for a company hankering to beef up its meager U.S. business and boost its image inside the Beltway. But the deal didn't last long. A government adviser read about the partnership. He knew the FedEx Field suites were a frequent haunt for lawmakers and senior officials across many agencies. So he triggered an unofficial federal complaint to the Redskins, who quietly tore up the deal. That previously unreported backroom maneuver is an example of a yearslong effort by U.S. officials, often working outside formal channels, to blacklist the Chinese technology giant. Washington has since intensified the campaign and taken it mainstream, with Congress and federal agencies working this year to snuff out Huawei's small U.S. business and curtail its much bigger overseas ambition. Further reading: Huawei Exceeds 200 Million Smartphone Shipments, Setting Company Record.
Huawei's Honor used to be my go-to budget smartphone brand for some time. Well, to my surprise the Honor 7x, the phone introduced early in 2018, never hit the shelves at our local Best Buy, and then they just dropped all of Huawei's products. This is pretty annoying because I prefer Huawei/Honor to Lenovo, Samsung or LG.
But with dictator government under TRUMP
It's truly beautiful how you have the freedom to post on US websites that you think the current US president is a dictator. I hope some day citizens of Russia and China may have the freedom to complain similarly about Xi and Putin but it probably won't happen until well after their lifetime office holding is over.
Knowing what the Redskins owner, Dan Snyder, and his efforts to extract every penny from fans, I doubt that there no strings attached to Wifi access. The Dan Snyder I know would have gotten Huawei to supply the Wifi for no cost to him and then charged fans for access. I can only assume that Snyder worked out a deal where he would profit on the access like selling the right to datamine/track each fan. That's the only way it would have been "free" for fans.
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I don't know the particulars of the deal since the story is behind the paywall but the Redskins owner I know would have pushed forward with the deal regardless of federal complaints to make a buck. That is unless there was some detail that torpedoed the deal.
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No I am guessing the detail was that the Redskins would sell off/profit from the ability to track/datamine every single person that used Wifi including and not limited to installing spying software just to use the Wifi.
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All this hating and blacklisting, but I have yet to see any evidence which would make me support this government interference.
Prove anything by multiplying Huge Number times Tiny Number
When you say "giant interfering overreaching" you're referring to the Chinese govt right?
That's exactly what this action is about, blocking their intelligence agencies. Did you have the mistaken notion that the world is a friendly place?
Russian citizens do complain similarly about Putin. Is it also beautiful?
"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever" -- David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
With national security at stake, it seem like this was a reasonable to distrust a Chinese state run corporation (Huawei) from directly connecting to government devices. If it were a random company from an ally nation then it might be overkill but we're talking about China which has a ongoing effort to hack US interests.
You would have to be ignorant of history of just plain gullible to think nothing is wrong with this situation.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
it says that the feds are trying to block them everywhere. That is not true. just trying to block them in nations which we consider allies and they have access to sensitive data. If these are nations that we are not really allies with and do not share any sensitive/classified data with, we do not care.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
They also tend to get arrested, and sometimes poisoned.
Not to mention shot.
Russian citizens do complain similarly about Putin. Is it also beautiful?
That they get thrown in jail for doing it is not so beautiful but that they're brave enough to do it anyway is.
Not for complaining on a webforum.
Otherwise Russia would have overtaken the US on the number of incarcerated people long ago.
"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever" -- David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
Not the average person, who are free to let off steam just like in the west. Things are worse if you're popular, famous or such and criticize Putin, which makes Trump envious as in America there are fewer loopholes in the 1st Amendment currently, but with all the activist judges being appointed to the Supreme Court, the types of speech that aren't protected is sure to grow beyond the national security, breaking sanctions and think of the children loopholes.
At least Russians are more free then ever, whereas here in the west, things are going backwards when it comes to freedom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_totalitarianism
Much better to have a small interfering, overreaching government right?
If you start shrinking government, it'll be the good parts that are removed, not the bad parts. Eventually you'll have a government consisting of 3 letter agencies, federal prisons, corrupt politicians and tax collectors.
The problem isn't big government, it's shitty government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_totalitarianism
Correct; a small government is limited in how much harm it can do.
If you start shrinking government, it'll be the good parts that are removed, not the bad parts. Eventually you'll have a government consisting of 3 letter agencies, federal prisons, corrupt politicians and tax collectors.
I thought you said the good parts would be removed. That sounds like a pretty good start right there. Let's get on that.
They lied.
Russians have greater freedom of speech than most American college students thanks to left wing college presidents. But I'm sure that doesn't upset people like you.
But if you're one of their nationals and you commit murder in the US, they'll be quite happy to help you evade justice.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
An American and a Russian meet up for coffee and learn from each other.
American: It is a shame you don't have any freedom in Russia.
Russian: How so?
American: I have the right and freedom to stand outside our government building and shout criticisms about Trump.
Russian (confused): We have much better freedoms than that. Not only can I stand outside the Kremlin and shout criticisms about Trump, I may even get a medal for doing so.
I dont trust the Chinese government. And they choose to do business with Iran well then it is their problem