The Huawei Backdoor Conspiracy
Did intelligence operatives install backdoor into Huawei products?
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Huawei is the world’s largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment and one of the top smartphone makers in the globe. The Huawei empire now sells products or carries the traffic of Internet users in 170 countries. And for over a decade, the Shenzen giant faced and dismissed accusations that they have pwned billions of users on behalf of the authoritarian Chinese government.
Whether or not there is a Huawei backdoor must be thoroughly scrutinized before any conclusion can be made. Hard evidence is scarce.
Sources
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Further reading
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-30/vodafone-found-hidden-backdoors-in-huawei-equipment
https://www.zdnet.com/article/huawei-denies-existence-of-backdoors-in-vodafone-networking-equipment-brands-them-technical-flaws/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/30/alleged-huawei-router-backdoor-is-standard-networking-tool-says-firm
https://www.lawfareblog.com/risk-analysis-huawei-5g
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