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I do not think that it is a fair assessment. This not a situation that two are playing. This is more of situation that if I am not a the owner of the ball and control the game I will do everything to stop the game.
Huawei, technically can be forced by the Chinese government to hand over data. Something that can also happen in the west. Of course, it will be more difficult to achieve due to the separation of power, at least one hopes so, but it is something that will be done if need be.
In Huawei's defense, it is important to mention that they have opened themselves to scrutiny. They invited everyone to come and inspect their code. Don't we have clever enough people to find those backdoors? If I am not mistaken, the UK services did that and did not find the ghost.
This has nothing to do with security, it is an economic war. The prove is that Trump suggested an arrangement. If it were a security issue, there was no way on earth that an arrangement could be found. |
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