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Re:Snowden leak: Cavium networking hardware may contain NSA ... by NorwegianDude on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @12:01PM (#37571912)
Isn't that just the US speaking in order to get more control? How is it proven? I've never seen any evidence of that, but there has been much evidence that the US does what they blames others of doing, like this and Cisco.

At this point it seems the US is accusing others for doing bad things because that's what they themselves do.

Huawei was growing really fast, threatening both Apple and Google. Then the US said it was not safe while trying to sabotage both smart phone sales and mobile networks sales. The US pressured allied countries to not choose Huawei for 5G, and didn't let companies work with them.

Huawei was also willing to compromise by giving network operators acces to source code.

Is Huawei bad? I don't know, and I've yet to see any evidence. Does the US do exactly what they are accusing other for? Yes, that has been proven multiple times.

We live in a day where we talk about privacy and security, while giving large corporations full control over our iOS and Android devices. How useful is e.g. E2E encryption really when the os itself has a direct connection to the mothership?

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Re:Snowden leak: Cavium networking hardware may contain NSA ... by BlueTemplar on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @05:58PM (#37577455)
China has a LOT to gain from industrial espionage, is extremely well known for its industrial espionage, and also happens to effectively own EU telecoms (the 5G thing was like a decade too late).

It would be astounding if they didn't take advantage of this.

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Re:Snowden leak: Cavium networking hardware may contain NSA ... by HardlyCurious on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @08:37PM (#37579030)
There is ample evidence of China's intentions and capability to install backdoors. Everything made in China or a heavily influenced Chinese country should be assumed to be compromised, even if 'proven' otherwise. Chances are we just haven't found the backdoor yet.
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Re:Snowden leak: Cavium networking hardware may contain NSA ... by lmm on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @10:06PM (#37579625)
Sure - but all that is equally true of the US.
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Re:Snowden leak: Cavium networking hardware may contain NSA ... by HardlyCurious on Friday September 22, 2023 @02:04PM (#37615427)
True of the US yes. Equally? I probably wouldn't say that. The US govt doesn't have the same control over media the the Chinese govt has. So they have to work harder to keep things out of public view. The US also has to massage the way they work to be somewhat within the bounds of the constitution.
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