Congress Brands Huawei and ZTE as Security Threats
Compared to what?
Our wireless carriers can install Carrier IQ on our phones without our permission (software which is apparently a finger fumble away from oops-we-logged-your-keystrokes), and the US government doesn't give a hoot.
But they warn us that Huawei might, via unspecified hypothetical means, do unspecified things. And maybe they will, But our heroic politicians sure are selective about protecting us.
Globhead said:
The US government wants to spy on us at will, and the NSA won't say how many times it "accidentally" committed warrantless theft of our data.
Our wireless carriers can install Carrier IQ on our phones without our permission (software which is apparently a finger fumble away from oops-we-logged-your-keystrokes), and the US government doesn't give a hoot.
But they warn us that Huawei might, via unspecified hypothetical means, do unspecified things. And maybe they will, But our heroic politicians sure are selective about protecting us.
All good points. And these measures the US govt is putting into place are just political posturing, partly. Of course, if they're correct, then I don't wa...
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Mektah said:
100 bucks say the person who made this report just happens to have stock in those 'other' companies.
Sooooooooo--he's trying to crash his own stock in Huawei and ZTE, or he's got stock in American competitors?
Although this sounds like big business in general, quite frankly I'd rather be spied on by my own country rather than communist China. Why and how we got to this is another pile of steaming political crap to dig through but I would expect this to become an interesting topic in the weeks to come until November.....
Which is exactly why neither major candidate is going to be asked about it, nor say anything of significance about it even if asked.
Gary Johnson 2012 :p
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