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Re:The FBI, CIA and NSA say American citizens shouldn't use ... by manicdee on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @07:18PM (#16380870)
The reason is probably that Samsung caved to the US intelligence industry while Huawei and ZTE did not.

It was laughable that the Australian Government forbade NBN bids that included Huawei equipment, but happily accepted gear from Cisco.

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Re:The FBI, CIA and NSA say American citizens shouldn't use ... by petecox on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @08:02PM (#16381091)
Australia? We're totally in lockstep with America on foreign policy and surveillance as part of 5-eyes and ANZUS. Duplicitous politicians walk a fine line between China being our biggest trading partner and "All the way with LBJ".
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