Huawei A Threat To National Security?

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i know a number of people here use huawei hardware and whatnot. what is your take on this?

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/world-business/us-congress-rules-huawei-a-security-threat-20121008-278h9.html

"A draft of a report by the House Intelligence Committee said Huawei and another Chinese telecom, ZTE, "cannot be trusted" to be free of influence from Beijing and could be used to undermine US security.

"Based on available classified and unclassified information, Huawei and ZTE cannot be trusted to be free of foreign state influence and thus pose a security threat to the United States and to our systems," the draft document said.

Huawei was the subject of an intense political debate in Australia this year after it was barred, on security grounds, from participating in the national broadband network.

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/world-business/us-congress-rules-huawei-a-security-threat-20121008-278h9.html#ixzz28ivYQkdQ"

[Sebkinne]

There was a great Defcon 20 talk on this, I highly recommend viewing it.

https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-20/dc-20-speakers.html#FX

While the title is "Hacking <redacted> routers"..well, yeah. You know.

Best Regards,

Sebkinne

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