Hobbling Huawei: Inside the U.S. war on China’s tech giant

Re:Hobbling Huawei: Inside the U.S. war on China’s tech giant by chrischen on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @09:55PM (#19977051)

Has it occurred that the US opposition to using telecom equipment from Huawei might be because they can't send them a national security letter or otherwise force them to make a backdoor (kind of like how Apple resisted) for domestic spying?

I feel like if China were to backdoor 5G equipment deployed to the US it'd be relatively trivial to detect by operators, and absolutely crippling to the market share of Huawei if they were found to compromise their equipment.

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Re:Hobbling Huawei: Inside the U.S. war on China’s tech giant by geowwy on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @02:49AM (#19978478)

I think it's partly that, and partly just that having other countries rely on you for their infrastructure gives you more political leverage. US wants to deny political leverage to China and take it for itself.

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Re:Hobbling Huawei: Inside the U.S. war on China’s tech giant by chrischen on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @03:02AM (#19978552)

The world would be a better place if people just came out straight to the point like that.

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