"I'd prefer if neither China nor US have backdoor access."
So would I, but having lived in both countries, one of the two governments is decidedly more evil than the other.
So would I, but having lived in both countries, one of the two governments is decidedly more evil than the other.
Can you support this assertion?
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/nine-fifa-officials-and...
To quote a Chinese citizen: “Give us a baby and we’ll let you go.”
https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/03/21/give-us-baby-and-well-...
China does not respect the sovereignty of other nations, nor the rule of law. They are not above intimidating, blackmailing, or otherwise exerting their influence on foreign nationals on foreign soil when their views become too politically inconvenient.
Those residing and holding citizenship abroad but that have family back in China (which are many) have proven especially vulnenable.
Stories of China arresting foreign citizens for activities abroad and never allowing consular access, funding and manipulating groups in foreign countries (especially on university campuses) and then directing them to silence others, and more are a dime a dozen.
While the US's hands are quite dirty here as well, China has shown repeatedly that given the opportunity they are more than willing to try and implement the kind of oppression and thought policing they have at home in places abroad. It is more dangerous for the entire world to have China spying on them than it is the US.
How is China worse than the USA? Your claim seems to rest entirely on greater reporting of China’s aggressions by the US and their allies.
Do you think the US is harvesting organs?
However I am truly afraid of the way Xi has enacted its horror policies in China.
The US routinely massacres innocents in foreign countries then retroactively declares all the victims “terrorists”. China — to my knowledge — doesn’t engage in anywhere near the level of military aggression that the USA does.
When you compare the number of organ harvest victims to the number of “terrorists” slaughtered by incorrectly targeted missiles, who comes out ahead in the ethics game?
Do you think killing people for the sake of imaginary goals is better or worse than killing people to harvest organs?
Acknowledged this already.
The policies the US is trying to enforce with these measures are less bad for most of the Western world than those that China is. That's it.
While the US has taken quite a slide on freedoms over the past couple decades, they're still nowhere near China's level and I find it pretty laughable to even try and put them on the same playing field in that regard.
The ideal would be to use open-source hardware and e2e encryption, but if this is not possible I would suggest these scared of the US to use Chinese phones and these scares of China to use US phones.
unless you are under 25 or deeply religious, I'd suggest to think twice before using 'evil' on subjects of international politics.
Was George Bush Jnr performing the actions of an evil man? Discuss.
China has historically not engaged in violence far from its borders. America frequently does.