Leaked White House Report Finds No Evidence Of Huawei Spying
from the politics-at-work dept
Remember that Congressional report from last week that warned everyone to fear Huawei, the Chinese telco equipment maker? Much of the fearmongering was around Huawei's close ties to the Chinese government (and military specifically) with no actual allegations, but plenty of speculation that there could be espionage issues. Of course, now, details of a White House report have leaked, claiming that they found no evidence of Huawei spying. They do point out that there are problems with Huawei equipment that could lead to exploitable security flaws -- which is certainly an issue. Of course, that seems like an issue that security experts to deal with, rather than politicians...
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Filed Under: china, congress, espionage, hype, spying, white house
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“Re: WH could be lying, mistaken, incompetent, or is a false leak.
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Now seriously, it is one thing to have suspicions or even to discuss them behind closed doors. It is quite another to publicize them and spread pure propaganda with no evidence at all.
Now, stop eyeing that cucumber!
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It has to be them!!!!!
ZOMG FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE CHILDREN OF TERRORISTS!
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Tired of media churn. Tired of sound bite politics. Tired of watching the country devolve into a pool of blathering morons.
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WH could be lying, mistaken, incompetent, or is a false leak.
Know how to better ensure there's no hidden tricks here or anywhere, Mike? -- SUSPECT SO UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE. -- But you don't even suspect nothin'.
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Re: WH could be lying, mistaken, incompetent, or is a false leak.
Kinda takes the wind out of your thesis.
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Re: WH could be lying, mistaken, incompetent, or is a false leak.
I suspect that you; wear a tin hat; are a white male; are of middle age; are a troll; illegally download music, movies, ebooks, and gay porn; secretly enjoy the gay porn and sell the movies, music and ebooks; were a Nazi; are a terrorist; haven't been laid for at least 10 years (perhaps never).
Everyone at techdirt knows all of these as true facts, at least until proven otherwise (to our satisfaction). I am sure you won't mind if we regularly impune your reputation and espouse that each and every one of the above statements are accurate and immutable truths at least until we are satisfied, beyond all doubt that they are not true.
Now seriously, it is one thing to have suspicions or even to discuss them behind closed doors. It is quite another to publicize them and spread pure propaganda with no evidence at all.
Now, stop eyeing that cucumber!
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Re: Re: WH could be lying, mistaken, incompetent, or is a false leak.
we don't want him you have to keep him.
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All this pumping about cybergadden? The only reason the government is concerned is that they've already initiated it all. They now fear retaliation from their own works.
Remember, the pentagon has already said it considered cyberwarfare an act of war. So what has been going on with Iran? They didn't even wait to declare war, they just went in and started dishing out malware. Now that Iran is starting to set up to dish it back out at the US banks and the like, suddenly the US is concerned with virtual warfare.
DUH!
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Actually, I think both parties have proven that they really don't care what they laws are, they will take your data and dare you to challenge the government's AUTHORITA!
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/white-house-hacked-cyber-_n_1928646.html
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Huawei or No Way
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History shows that trusting a communist nation is a very dangerous thing
Technical people are some of the kindest and most ethical people around (I'm a former tech myself), but it is that good nature which makes them the most naive.
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Re: History shows that trusting a communist nation is a very dangerous thing
I like the way you talk about not trusting communist nations and then your example is an American Government and American company!
Fail!
The thing about Huawei is that they offer open source drivers to most of their hardware. These are drivers that have been accepted into the Linux kernel and so have passed the usual peer review that goes on there.
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Re: Re: History shows that trusting a communist nation is a very dangerous thing
Exactly. Everyone knows the US is a military dictatorship with the entertainment industry pulling it's strings.
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Natural Remedies For Thyroid
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