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My instinct is anything our government screams at another country about, security-wise, is simply projecting the fear that everyone else is going to do the exac

My instinct is anything our government screams at another country about, security-wise, is simply projecting the fear that everyone else is going to do the exact same thing our government is doing. Huawei might have back doors for the Chinese govt.? Oh, you mean like the FBI, NSA, and CIA have tried to (or maybe successfully) force(d) Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google to do?

Gokenstein 8y ago
When US intelligence goals directly oppose US business goals then the enemy has already won.
- Didymos 8y ago
  The goals of the US intelligence community should be completely independent of US business goals, unless they intersect legitimately because of security concerns, rather than anti-competitive practices.
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onecool 8y ago
Nice astro-turfing for the Chinese government. All these 'Account created 2 hours ago' people chiming in.
- sneakernets 8y ago
  They also slam the [-] like a swarm of angry bees. At least they are obvious to see.
  - joejerryronnie 8y ago
    It is interesting that HN has caught the attention of the 50 cent army.
  - Didymos 8y ago
    I haven't downvoted any article or comment on HN. Lovely to see how welcoming this community is to newcomers.
    - sctb 8y ago
      On the public internet, sometimes you get a bad bounce. Sorry! Please feel free to continue to participate. Not all threads go off the rails like this.
- Didymos 8y ago
  I just created this account this morning. I've only been reading HN for about a week after my employer finally blocked reddit. Are you saying that you didn't see any of those articles where the FBI put pressure on Apple for backdoors to the iphone? But okay, I'm a Chinese shill. Forgive me for thinking commenters on HN weren't as bad as on reddit.
- sctb 8y ago
  Please don't break the guidelines like this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Gokenstein 8y ago

When US intelligence goals directly oppose US business goals then the enemy has already won.

Didymos 8y ago
The goals of the US intelligence community should be completely independent of US business goals, unless they intersect legitimately because of security concerns, rather than anti-competitive practices.
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onecool 8y ago

Nice astro-turfing for the Chinese government. All these 'Account created 2 hours ago' people chiming in.

sneakernets 8y ago
They also slam the [-] like a swarm of angry bees. At least they are obvious to see.
- joejerryronnie 8y ago
  It is interesting that HN has caught the attention of the 50 cent army.
- Didymos 8y ago
  I haven't downvoted any article or comment on HN. Lovely to see how welcoming this community is to newcomers.
  - sctb 8y ago
    On the public internet, sometimes you get a bad bounce. Sorry! Please feel free to continue to participate. Not all threads go off the rails like this.
Didymos 8y ago
I just created this account this morning. I've only been reading HN for about a week after my employer finally blocked reddit. Are you saying that you didn't see any of those articles where the FBI put pressure on Apple for backdoors to the iphone? But okay, I'm a Chinese shill. Forgive me for thinking commenters on HN weren't as bad as on reddit.
sctb 8y ago
Please don't break the guidelines like this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html