You trust China more? The State-Capitalist Authoritarian regime? They country that developed the spyware known as Wechat, which is currently monitoring most of the overseas Chinese Diaspora? LMFAO. Spoken like a westerner who never stepped foot on mainland China.
Why are people always being campist lol. Just because you think “your side” is is bad, doesn’t mean you should just blindly support the “other side”.
AeonFelis@lemmy.world 4 days ago
If you are American, you should buy Chinese tech because the Chinese government is more interested in spying on and controlling its own people than you.
If you are Chinese, you should buy American tech because the American government is more interested in spying on and controlling its own people than you.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Seems like I’m fucked. Being Chinese-American means the US government is constantly suspicious of me being a “CCP Spy” and also the CCP has overseas illegal “police stations”, I’m getting fucked over by both sides. Just perfect
zeca@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Im sure the us uses its tech dominance to sway political opinions one way or another in my country (brazil). And spying on people is a requirement for that. It seems like an attitude in line with the history of the relations between us and brazil (and countless other countries). China probably tries that too, although i dont have a strong historical evidence for that disposition from china.
nekbardrun@lemmy.world 3 days ago
not disagreeing in any way, but just sharing reputable sources on that statement before anyone says it is a “conspiracy”:
www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33398388
aljazeera.com/…/us-spied-on-brazilian-president-a…
Also, given that we are almost 10 years afte this article, I’m pretty sure any sane person (by that I mean someone who is not bolsonarist) can see where the (predictive) article agrees or disagrees with reality (past brazilian news and even memory of events):
themillenniumreport.com/…/brazil-on-the-brink-of-…
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 4 days ago
What if I travel to both countries? I am thinking xiaomi w/ custom ROM?
AeonFelis@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Get a Samsung to use in China and a Xiaomi to use in America.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 4 days ago
Lol. Which do I use in Vietnam? Serbia? If I’m in Canada and Trump thrratens to invade, should I switch to the pixel for a week?
eleitl@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Can you still unlock the bootloader on Xiaomis? It was always a pain, but I’ve read they have completely locked them down now?
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 4 days ago
From what I hear you can either 1. Register with Xiaomi and try to unlock it once a month. 2. Slip a service center worker with special access like 100RMB or buy a pre-unlocked one on taobao. 3. Ask said worker to downgrade firmware, then, before they relock it, snatch phone and run out of the store.