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Germany to remove Huawei 5G equipment over fears of "sabotage and espionage"

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The phones are made in China, the servers, the PCs and laptops, telecom equipment including 4G... but the 5G must be something special

5G is intrinsically a “difficult to undo” infrastructure investment

Street by street, dozens of ABS boxes with highend RF gear that can only be touched by high-skilled, expensive technicians and riggers

I think US agencies are wonderkids, the fact that they've been found to spy on all allied countries but then convincing the world that the danger is China and Chinese companies is a masterpiece

Indeed, looking forward for nation based distributions, as alternative to spyware from US OS vendors, and chip makers.

This comment ignores Five Eyes.

Some countries are happily turning the other way, because they can't extrajudicially spy on citizens, but they can happily accept data from an ally.

Not saying it's right or wrong, that's just the political landscape.

I think my earlier comment must have "triggered" some folks.

Shows how European countries are committed to sucking up the US.

Funny thing is years ago the Britain's GCHQ studied the software on Huawei's equipment and give it a clean bill of health, yet the British govt still banned Huawei's equipment and asked Britains telco's to phase out the Huawei equipment.

So how do these countries be sure the alternative equipment will be safe? Is the GCHQ going to study they alternatives like they did Huawei's?

The British government admitted that its decision was based on pressure from the United States, rather than any evidence that Huawei was actually a threat.[0]

The US threatened to cut the UK out of intelligence sharing unless it banned Huawei, so the British government caved.

0. E.g.: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jul/18/pressure-.... There are also statements from former British officials confirming this.

USA, fabricate and peddle lies, brainwash the public. Then economically and diplomatically coerce everyone on Earth. USA is a global propagandist and a global dictator, forcing everyone to bind to its will. Listen to me and do what I want or else.

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