China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House

Re:China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' cal... by Shank on Monday December 09, 2024 @05:07PM (#42371080)

I personally don't see how these actions are logically correlated, and moreover, I don't think it does anything to harden US critical infrastructure to beat the Huawei dead horse again.

The primary concern should be the fact that we've built infrastructure that is easily eavesdropped on by foreign adversaries. Heck, assuming these users weren't on DSN, we already have a solution: DSN. We also have mobile solutions, like asking politically vulnerable people to use Signal, or developing secure technology for these users to use.

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Re:China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' cal... by lazyeye on Monday December 09, 2024 @05:14PM (#42371147)

I find your comment ridiculous. Yes there are other risks too but the idea that there is no risk to allowing your primary geo-strategic competitor to embed their own hardware in your telecommunications chain is just plain silly.

So silly in fact, I'm wondering what your motivations are.

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Re:China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' cal... by gottorf on Monday December 09, 2024 @06:47PM (#42371910)

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Re:China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' cal... by conductr on Monday December 09, 2024 @06:27PM (#42371751)

About as silly as buying all your telecom equipment in competitor country’s manufacturing chain and expecting it to come not having something embedded

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