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Which is why the US was so adamant against western countries buying from a Chinese vendor.

There's a few reasons, one is financial - USA wants those installation contracts. Another is that USA wants covert access to those networks (instead of the Chinese).

For me as a private citizen of the UK the Chinese having access seems less likely to impact me than USA having that access.

There's something disturbingly dystopian about governments competing for access to private individual data, and us having to consider which one we're more OK with...

How about "no" to all of that nonsense?

> How about "no" to all of that nonsense?

I agree, but I'm not sure if we can stop it.

I think it's desirable to ask them to be transparent about it though. Knowing what's is place and how it works seems like a basic right.

Doesn't explain why the US was equally adamant that western telcos with the know how shouldnt buy "dumb" Huawei equipment, vet it and install it themselves.

This is what made me think that this is at its heart not about security at all and more about just isolating Huawei.

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