I’m sorry, a SWITCH being backdoored when they are 95% not exposed to the internet?
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TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world 6 months ago
For anyone that still doesn’t know, this is already a thing for all US made (owned) hardware. Has been for 15 years+. This is expanding it to everything that would be sold on the market. You know phones are hotspots too… That’s right.
You know why the US is so against Huawei? Because they CANT spy on every packet like they can with a Cisco, Juniper, Ruckus, etc switch. And when those start to be installed in scale, it’s a problem for the intelligence collection. This is just a small change to make what’s already there more palatable in stages. So that in another decade when things become declassified fully and more publisized, Americans don’t believe it is an issue.
kinther@lemmy.world 6 months ago
LWD@lemm.ee 6 months ago
jmp242@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Indeed, it’s useful to China for blackmail, but they’d have a much harder time rolling me up in the US than the US government. And it’s likely hardly worth the effort to the extent they might try.
TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Absolutely. I 100% prefer the Chinese to have all my data. I am a nothing person with no political power so if China wants to surveil me and train datasets with my data, cool. Because the alternative is the US and five eyes having that data and I absolutely do not want that.
Unfortunately it makes you look like the crazy uncle in the tinfoil hat if you try to bring it up. It’s so outlandishly crazy like a Hollywood movie people don’t believe it’s real.
chitak166@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It only makes you look crazy because the useful idiots have been duped into defending their ruling class.
It’s okay when Americans spy on you. It’s not okay when Chinese spy on you.
It’s also okay for the American government to lie about spying on you and make whoever reveals the extent of that spying public enemy #1.
chitak166@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I never take anyone seriously when I see them bitching about Huawei being Chinese spyware.
Like, bro, where have you been since 9/11?
Of course, the useful idiots chomp at the bit whenever something related to China comes out. Yet they’re radio silent when the same damn shit is being said about the US.