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Re:US says it can prove Huawei has backdoor access to mobile... by bloak on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @11:24AM (#22310128)
The question is insufficiently precise.

Some European agencies want the US government to spy on European citizens because it is illegal for them to do it themselves but it's not illegal for them to obtain information about European citizens from US spies. Whether the European citizens want to be spied on is another matter.

If you're a European citizen or company you might well prefer to be spied on by the Chinese because there's little danger of the Chinese getting you kidnapped/extradited. Also, if your competitors and business contacts are more US than Chinese then the possibility of Chinese commercial espionage is perhaps less worrying than the possibility of US commercial espionage. It seems likely that US agencies sometimes provide information to Boeing to help them compete against Airbus, for example. I'm thinking more of contract negotiations than technological secrets, of course.

Getting equipment from several suppliers seems like the best plan, generally. You can then play them off against each other not just for price but also for openness and forcing the supplier to allow security audits. I've heard that Huawei has been very helpful in that respect, because of the pressure they're under.

Re:US says it can prove Huawei has backdoor access to mobile... by eternalny1 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:46PM (#22312090)
> Some European agencies want the US government to spy on European citizens because it is illegal for them to do it themselves but it's not illegal for them to obtain information about European citizens from US spies.

Bingo, data sharing agreements between intelligence services.

NSA can't spy on US citizens but GCHQ can, and GCHQ can't spy ok UK citizens but NSA can.

Then just come up with a sharing agreement, and you're "golden".

It's all ridiculous.

Re:US says it can prove Huawei has backdoor access to mobile... by ohithereyou on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @03:06PM (#22312248)
Five Eyes sees all
Re:US says it can prove Huawei has backdoor access to mobile... by eternalny1 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @03:07PM (#22312253)
Re:US says it can prove Huawei has backdoor access to mobile... by phkahler on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @11:38AM (#22310270)
>> sometimes provide information to Boeing to help them compete against Airbus, for example.

I've always wondered how that works so that employees dont know about the gov involvement. I suppose they could hire a "consultant", but someone in the company still needs to know dont they?