Re:Snowden leak: Cavium networking hardware may contain NSA ...
by Aachen on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @05:38PM
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The first link depends on the second. The second requires some sort of sign up to read, but archive.is works as proxy https://archive.ph/Dov1N
The proof amounts to essentially one sentence spoken by an unnamed source
> U.S. officials said Huawei has built equipment that secretly preserves its ability to access networks through [lawful intercept interfaces]
but I understand that source confidentiality is useful so if WSJ trusts that, perhaps so should I. Not sure I'd then go so far as to independently say it has been "proven" when all that I truly know is that someone else believes someone else who has a commercial interest in saying this. It's probably true but that's not the same thing
The proof amounts to essentially one sentence spoken by an unnamed source
> U.S. officials said Huawei has built equipment that secretly preserves its ability to access networks through [lawful intercept interfaces]
but I understand that source confidentiality is useful so if WSJ trusts that, perhaps so should I. Not sure I'd then go so far as to independently say it has been "proven" when all that I truly know is that someone else believes someone else who has a commercial interest in saying this. It's probably true but that's not the same thing