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- Windows isn't the only other OS, nor would that mean that what the CCP is doing with HarmonyOS is OK.
- Backdoors are the rule, not the exception in China. This is not true of the US.
- I disagree with the Patriot Act and NSLs, but let's not forget that the US is a free democracy and that those laws can change if there is political will. That isn't the case in China.
Every time someone brings up the CCP doing something bad, I need to suffer some whataboutism re: the USA that is supposed to justify it. Backdoors are bad wherever they appear. Because China is an authoritarian regime, it can backdoor openly without consequence.
I am desperately pleading for an answer because for some reason there is a group of folks on this godforsaken website that can't help themselves from doing so and it's driving me absolutely mad.
Can we please just acknowledge a criticism or statement of fact about the CCP? Is that allowed?
But XiongMai plants backdoors in their CCTV firmware so that data is shared with anyone interested, all around the world. Of course it magically turns out, that cameras they supply for the government are not vulnerable. What a coincidence...
[1] https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/meet-the-cuban-expatri...