NSA-style backdoor in Huawei laptops found by Microsoft

Re:NSA-style backdoor in Huawei laptops found by Microsoft by shawnz on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:13PM (#19617477)

I assume they meant the Chinese government, not the Chinese people.

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Re:NSA-style backdoor in Huawei laptops found by Microsoft by diminoten on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:24PM (#19617575)

I think you're assuming some positive intent here that's definitely helpful to the conversation, but may not actually exist in this specific case.

For our part, I think us sane people can all agree that it's the PLC that we are suspicious of, whereas the people of (and from) China are wonderful people.

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Re:NSA-style backdoor in Huawei laptops found by Microsoft by drusepth on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:15PM (#19617500)

Is that any less racist?

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Re:NSA-style backdoor in Huawei laptops found by Microsoft by mikestew on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:27PM (#19617598)

I say this without even the slightest hint of snark: are you sure you really know what that word means, and the dichotomy of race and government?

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Re:NSA-style backdoor in Huawei laptops found by Microsoft by Moodles on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:23PM (#19617571)

Yes, it is a lot less racist actually. Are you serious?

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Re:NSA-style backdoor in Huawei laptops found by Microsoft by willhk on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:23PM (#19617563)

How is being aware of and concerned about the activities of a government racist?

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Re:NSA-style backdoor in Huawei laptops found by Microsoft by EpicEng on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:35PM (#19617667)

...Yes, because the Chinese government is not a race? Obviously?

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Re:NSA-style backdoor in Huawei laptops found by Microsoft by TomMarius on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:17PM (#19617511)

It's not racist at all, it's nationalist if anything.

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