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A comment on China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House. Parent comment

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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