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Re:Britain knows it’s selling out its national security to H... by matthewheath on Saturday February 01, 2020 @11:37AM (#22211405)
For points 1 and 2 at least, the UK has the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre where GCHQ can inspect all Huawei hardware as well as the source code, although it is run by former Huawei employees (overseen by GCHQ) so its independence is questionable.
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Re:Britain knows it’s selling out its national security to H... by timthorn on Saturday February 01, 2020 @11:51AM (#22211503)
The staff are actively employed by Huawei, but all undergo UK security clearance to DV standard.
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Re:Britain knows it’s selling out its national security to H... by hardlianotion on Saturday February 01, 2020 @11:58AM (#22211534)
I believe the centre cannot satisfy itself that the code they inspect is the code that is built into the hardware.
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Re:Britain knows it’s selling out its national security to H... by gnfargbl on Saturday February 01, 2020 @01:22PM (#22212143)
Yes.

...it is not possible to be confident that the source code examined by HCSEC is precisely that used to build the binaries running in the UK networks.

-- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...

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