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Re:Ask HN: Why Is Huawei Distrusted in the United States? by pdxanon on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @09:35PM (#20580461)
tl;dr they are shady as fuck

Have experience with working at a company where they (Huawei) had stolen IP.

That, and they give no fucks about following technical standards when trying to bring their hardware to market.

If I could give more detail, I would… but I cannnot.

Suffice it to say - when companies/people don't trust Huawei, there are a myriad of legit reasons for that distrust.

Re:Ask HN: Why Is Huawei Distrusted in the United States? by bifrost on Thursday August 01, 2019 @06:03PM (#20588807)
My favorite was when they made linecards with the exact same MAC addresses...
Re:Ask HN: Why Is Huawei Distrusted in the United States? by Spooky23 on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @10:38PM (#20580714)
A better question is “Why do entities who aren’t Chinese trust Huawei?”

Understanding that should connect the dots for your other question.

Re:Ask HN: Why Is Huawei Distrusted in the United States? by mars4rp on Thursday August 01, 2019 @12:40AM (#20581115)
Why do entities who aren't American trust Microsoft, Google , Amazon or apple?
Re:Ask HN: Why Is Huawei Distrusted in the United States? by bifrost on Thursday August 01, 2019 @06:01PM (#20588793)
You def shouldn't trust Google, Amazon is somewhat transparent but not great, Apple has said they won't cooperate with the US government in a few cases and MSFT powers most of the business world so you either use them or your business doesn't work.
Re:Ask HN: Why Is Huawei Distrusted in the United States? by sloaken on Friday August 02, 2019 @01:51PM (#20595051)
China != America
Re:Ask HN: Why Is Huawei Distrusted in the United States? by bifrost on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @07:31PM (#20579726)
Because they started out with stolen US intellectual property and were part of the Chinese state industrial cabal. They basically counterfeited Cisco equipment for years and then eventually started making their own poor quality devices and now make higher end but somewhat low quality devices.

They've also been proven to cooperate with genocidal governments.

Re:Ask HN: Why Is Huawei Distrusted in the United States? by mhoad on Thursday August 01, 2019 @01:16AM (#20581231)
Re:Ask HN: Why Is Huawei Distrusted in the United States? by lohithvvv on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @07:38PM (#20579779)
Same reason as Google/Facebook/Twitter being not trusted in mainland China.

It's more about U.S. and P.R.C don't trust each other.