Recruit Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 The US intelligence community is still worried about Chinese tech giants’ government ties The heads of six major US intelligence agencies have warned that American citizens shouldn’t use products and services made by Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE. According to a report from CNBC, the intelligence chiefs made the recommendation during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday. The group included the heads of the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, and the director of national intelligence. During his testimony, FBI Director Chris Wray said the the government was “deeply concerned about the risks of allowing any company or entity that is beholden to foreign governments that don’t share our values to gain positions of power inside our telecommunications networks.” He added that this would provide “the capacity to maliciously modify or steal information. And it provides the capacity to conduct undetected espionage.” These warnings are nothing new. The US intelligence community has long been wary of Huawei, which was founded by a former engineer in China’s People’s Liberation Army and has been described by US politicians as “effectively an arm of the Chinese government.” This caution led to a ban on Huawei bidding for US government contracts in 2014, and it’s now causing problems for the company’s push into consumer electronics. Although Huawei started life as a telecoms firm, creating hardware for communications infrastructure, the company’s smartphones have proved incredibly successful in recent years. Last September, it even surpassed Apple as the world’s second biggest smartphone maker, behind Samsung. But the company has never been able to make inroads in the lucrative American market, a failure which is in part due to hostility from the US government. Last month, Huawei planned to launch its new Mate 10 Pro flagship in the US through AT&T, but the carrier pulled out of the deal at the last minute, reportedly due to political pressure. The decision prompted Huawei’s CEO Richard Yu to go off-script during a speech at CES, describing the move as a “big loss” for the company, but a bigger loss for consumers. Huawei is still trying to sell the Mate 10 Pro unlocked in the US, but this effort seems to have pushed the company to desperate measures — including getting users to write fake reviews for the handset. US lawmakers are currently considering a bill that would ban government employees from using Huawei and ZTE phones altogether. During Tuesday’s hearing, Republican Senator Richard Burr, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said: “The focus of my concern today is China, and specifically Chinese telecoms like Huawei and ZTE, that are widely understood to have extraordinary ties to the Chinese government.” In response to these comments, a spokesperson for Huawei told CNBC: ”Huawei is aware of a range of U.S. government activities seemingly aimed at inhibiting Huawei’s business in the U.S. market. Huawei is trusted by governments and customers in 170 countries worldwide and poses no greater cybersecurity risk than any ICT vendor, sharing as we do common global supply chains and production capabilities.” Source : CNBC, VERGE Guess I found out the right phone to use it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WALLONN7 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, Recruit said: Guess I found out the right phone to use it When criminals under the clothes of "homeland protectors" start screaming do not use this or that ... We have the reason to think otherwise!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 -On the one hand, the Chinese mobile manufacturers and their ties with the Chinese authorities. -On the other hand, the U.S. mobile manufacturers, and their ties with the U.S. authorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Togijak Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 53 minutes ago, Recruit said: Guess I found out the right phone to use it don't forget to put a sticker like this on every phon or better create a new version = replace NSA with spying Pig's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeetPirate Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 They are just jelly because the Kirin is moar powaful than Qualcomm and Exynos. Everyone knows the Kirin CPU has secret sauce lightning jutsu power developed by Sasuke Uchiha, so as Trump would say, the Kirin is a tippy top CPU. What's even more suspicious to tin-foil hat wearers everywhere is the Chinese company Huawei named the CPU Kirin which is the same name as a divine creature from Japanese mythology. So did the Chinese do the stereotypical thing and counterfeited the name from Japanese culture? Was the name "golden lion brand cpu" already taken? On a more serious note, how is ZTE associated to Huawei? Is it an owned subsidiary or something or just both companies from China? From the small research I have done in the past I know that ZTE uses Qualcomm chipsets and the Axon 7 is excellent value for money so what gives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BioHazard Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 better tell the american public don't buy Chinese made underwears there is a tracking device in every pair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted February 15, 2018 Administrator Share Posted February 15, 2018 As much as I prefer to not involve myself in all this. I must keep reminding everyone there are some really shady and questionable device making companies out there. Some of these companies have been caught, sometimes prosecuted and in some cases even convicted for spying on users with their devices. This particular maker mentioned here has a long list of issues with it. I keep suggesting everyone to look at the makers background and not the country. You are more likely to make better decisions on it. If you are still concerned then look for device makers which are not based on countries - both the sides, which are known to spy on their users and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BioHazard Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Its a witch hunt same as Kaspersky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledge-Spammer Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledge-Spammer Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 21 hours ago, BioHazard said: Its a witch hunt same as Kaspersky. the price we pay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Unnecessary post removed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BioHazard Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Is the US the most hypocritical country in the world? http://www.debate.org/opinions/is-the-us-the-most-hypocritical-country-in-the-world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledge-Spammer Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, BioHazard said: Is the US the most hypocritical country in the world? http://www.debate.org/opinions/is-the-us-the-most-hypocritical-country-in-the-world 91% Say Yes wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Homeland Security & Intelligence Agencies, like the N.S.A. and F.B.I or G.C.H.Q. in the U.K., spy on the U.S. and U.K. citizens' phones to protect them from the spying of Russians, Chinese, North Koreans etc. -The first spying (the Domestic one) is for Patriotic, Anti-Terrorist, Counter-Intelligent reasons or...excuses. -The second spying (the Foreigh one) is simply...Espionage. Either way, the Citizens' Privacy has been sacrificed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jogs Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Only Google and MS have the right to spying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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