MIT cuts ties with Chinese tech firms Huawei, ZTE

Re:MIT cuts ties with Chinese tech firms Huawei, ZTE by gnu8 on Thursday April 04, 2019 @06:49PM (#19577884)

The reason I asked the question is because sometimes there is a tendency to think of "China" as a monolithic entity and say "China" is spying on companies or putting bugs in the cellular equipment and so on. I've even caught myself doing that. But it's a lazy way of thinking because China is full of individuals pursuing their own goals.

It is for the same reason that I asked whether the person copied the files to his own system or his employer's. No doubt this person has their own interest in computers and technology, and it's entirely reasonable to think that they would want the MIT CSAIL files for themselves, outside of any orders from their employer to copy the information.

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Re:MIT cuts ties with Chinese tech firms Huawei, ZTE by balabaster on Friday April 05, 2019 @08:11AM (#19581705)

Assuming they want the files for themselves is also a fair assessment. Being able to come back to data at a later point and trawl through it again to gain different or more nuanced understanding is useful. This is something I could imagine doing. I would definitely ask before I did it though. Just assuming you could is taking liberties somewhat.

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