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Re:U.S. telecoms are going to start physically removing Huaw... by londons_explore on Monday November 01, 2021 @12:01PM (#29068556)
> They found nothing untoward.

I don't believe this. Nearly anything complex and networked, after a few months investigation by a good security professional, will have a good number of exploits found.

These could be plain old bugs, or they could be planted backdoors. (usually indistinguishable)

Even after months of effort, there is a high probability there remain undiscovered security issues (either deliberate or accidental) that more effort would have found.

For that reason, I don't believe any claim when they say "nah, we couldn't find anything". They either didn't look, or don't want to reveal what they found.

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Re:U.S. telecoms are going to start physically removing Huaw... by ectopod on Monday November 01, 2021 @02:00PM (#29070416)
They assessed the kit to ensure it was safe to install on British networks, they announced it was safe, and the kit was installed.

Further, when America's anti-Huawei panic started HMG were looking for an excuse to ban Huawei kit. If problems had been found it's likely they would have been mentioned.

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