Huawei

[Slasher]

More on Chinese surveillance - visitors to Xinjiang region (centre of Uighur muslim population), tourists included, are forced to install an app on their phones which transmits all their text messages, contacts, file details, etc to the authorities.
Confirmed by multiple sources (Süddeutsche Zeitung, the Guardian, the New York Times, and the German public broadcaster NDR)
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7xga ... of-malware

Yes. I read about that earlier today. It's done at border control but has nothing to do with the Insoc social credit rating system which is only for locals as I understand it.

[OFSO]

So its just like Google and Farcebook, then, except its the 'authorities' doing it......

[Pontius Navigator]

And we know they are independent , trustworthy, commercial enterprises.

[Slasher]

With regards Huawei it looks like it'll have to develop its own OS the way things are going.

[Rwy in Sight]

I remember a cartoon saying: don't steal government hates competition. Maybe it is a similar situation here: government does not like to have an other party having access to this kind of data.

[OFSO]

The Trumpeter, now that China is once more the best friend of the USA, has decided Huawei is not a threat after all and the bans will be lifted. The DOD begs to differ.