Is Huawei stuff dangerous or is it just American paranoia?

1. 2019-04-30 at 4:57 PM UTC

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   Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Dark Matter [my scoffingly uncritical tinning]
   Cos Huawei make some really nice kit.
2. 2019-04-30 at 4:59 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   I dunno, I don't trust them any more or less than any other manufacturer really.
   
   There's no actual evidence they're bugged or anything like that though; last time the FBI made that claim they said they'd received and tested hardware from AWS and some antivirus companies - all of which later denied providing any hardware to the FBI at all.
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3. 2019-04-30 at 6:09 PM UTC

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   A College Professor victim of incest [your moreover breastless limestone]
   Use Huweia if you have mouse poop in ur nose
4. 2019-05-01 at 12:20 AM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   Supposedly the betabet agencies are saying that because Huawei will not give them a backdoor
   
   That combined with their executives getting arrested everywhere and the constant lying by said agencies makes me believe Huawei over the FBI
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5. 2019-05-01 at 12:28 AM UTC

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   whoami Tuskegee Airman
   nigger
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6. 2019-05-01 at 12:56 AM UTC

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   Lanny Bird of Courage

   Originally posted by aldra I dunno, I don't trust them any more or less than any other manufacturer really.

   
   This. We sold our souls and gave up on auditable hardware long ago. I kinda want to buy one just to be edgy.
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7. 2019-05-01 at 1:02 AM UTC

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   Erekshun Naturally Camouflaged
   I want an NSA phone!
8. 2019-05-01 at 1:04 AM UTC

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   Common De-mominator African Astronaut
   Get ready for dingers as the Chiba Lotte Marines reportedly signed Wily Mo Pena
9. 2019-05-01 at 1:08 AM UTC

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   Common De-mominator African Astronaut
   Apple is pretty much the only hardware maker any more who I remotely think gives a real shit about privacy any more. And that's only because that company is megalomaniacal as a structure. Everything else, assume your shit already belongs to China.
10. 2019-05-01 at 1:28 AM UTC

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    whoami Tuskegee Airman
    nigger
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11. 2019-05-01 at 1:40 AM UTC

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    Lanny Bird of Courage
    I will say I think librem is smart for going after the price point it does, one occupied by people with enough money to give a fuck. They'll probably get my next laptop purchase and I'll just deal with having to rice it to shit to be nice.
12. 2019-05-01 at 2 AM UTC

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    vindicktive vinny Black Hole

    Originally posted by whoami The only shot we have at privacy through the whole hardware/software stack is probably this.

    
    made in ???
13. 2019-05-01 at 2:15 AM UTC

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    Bueno motherfucker
14. 2019-05-01 at 2:18 AM UTC

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    vindicktive vinny Black Hole

    Originally posted by Bueno "Purism Kill Switches
    Two hardware kill switches, microphone/camera and wireless/bluetooth"
    
    Yall know shady shit is going on when this isnt a default.

    
    people who are conscious about their privacy have them taped by default.
15. 2019-05-01 at 2:33 AM UTC

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    HTS highlight reel
    lol almost guaranteed the NSA/MI5/FVEY has backdoors on all the phones you aren't worried about. Equal odds they spread the Huawei thing to discourage you from using phones they don't have easy access to or some shit.
    
    Plus like I mean it's not like you have anything to worry about if you aren't doing anything illegal. lol
16. 2019-05-01 at 2:36 AM UTC

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    Bueno motherfucker
17. 2019-05-01 at 2:36 AM UTC

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    Nil African Astronaut [the overexcited four-footed chanar]

    Originally posted by Bueno Have you ripped out your microphone?
    
    I have

    
    Pfff pussy I cut my tongue off.
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18. 2019-05-01 at 3:09 AM UTC

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    vindicktive vinny Black Hole

    Originally posted by Bueno Have you ripped out your microphone?
    
    I have
    
    
    Have some ideas for the phone

    
    no because then it will no longer be a phone.
    
    i just gag it.
19. 2019-05-01 at 3:37 AM UTC

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    Sudo Black Hole [my hereto riemannian peach]
    what the fuck is wrong with ciphertel? librem looks good though
20. 2019-05-01 at 10:41 AM UTC

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    Common De-mominator African Astronaut

    Originally posted by whoami With Apple it seems largely performative. They use proprietary, unaudiable hardware and software like everyone else, Intel chips with known backdoors (ME), and according to the Snowden docs are a member of PRISM.
    
    The only shot we have at privacy through the whole hardware/software stack is probably this.

    
    I'm talking more about their iOS devices, which use their own chips that are built from the ground up. No doubt govt agencies also have access to them but at least I am pretty sure China doesn't.