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I see that in the US Huawei cell phones are no longer recommended, even not allowed in some places like the Pentagon (?). The reason is that they fear that China has a backdoor to the phones and could use them for espionage and several other undesireable purposes.
I have a Huawei P10, and I'm quite happy with it. But now, several questions arise.
FYI: In a previous thread, Huawei was criticized for not updating their software. That doesn't seem to be an issue now, I've received several updates.
pibbur who is confused.
PS: A coincidence: We recently had a political scandal here in Norway. A now-former minister went on holiday to Iran this summer, without informing the prime minister's office (against the rules, prime minister needs to know where her government is at all times) He also took his job cell phone (no idea what brand that was) with him (definitely against the rules). Our NSA-equivalent regards Iran as a one of three high-espionage-against-Norway-risk countries, and officials on his level is supposed to bring only a temporary phone into the country. According to a former head of the security agency there can be little doubt that his phone was hacked (we don't know and probably never will if real damage was done). It turns out that he also brought the phone with him on a previous trip to another high-risk country: China. Ouch! There were also a couple of other issues, irrelevant in this context. Anyhow he was allowed to choose to resign. DS.
I have a Huawei P10, and I'm quite happy with it. But now, several questions arise.
- Is this relevant for regular, private, not-using-phone-for-sensitive-things users like me?
- Should I replace the phone because of this? Maybe I wouldn't buy a Huawei if I were to buy a new phone today, but replacing a phone I'm happy with, is a bit more desperate.
- Are Samsungs/other Androids any better in this respect? (for mostly practical reasons which I won't go into, iPhone is not an option)?
- I may be paranoid, but is that a good enough reason to conspire against me?
FYI: In a previous thread, Huawei was criticized for not updating their software. That doesn't seem to be an issue now, I've received several updates.
pibbur who is confused.
PS: A coincidence: We recently had a political scandal here in Norway. A now-former minister went on holiday to Iran this summer, without informing the prime minister's office (against the rules, prime minister needs to know where her government is at all times) He also took his job cell phone (no idea what brand that was) with him (definitely against the rules). Our NSA-equivalent regards Iran as a one of three high-espionage-against-Norway-risk countries, and officials on his level is supposed to bring only a temporary phone into the country. According to a former head of the security agency there can be little doubt that his phone was hacked (we don't know and probably never will if real damage was done). It turns out that he also brought the phone with him on a previous trip to another high-risk country: China. Ouch! There were also a couple of other issues, irrelevant in this context. Anyhow he was allowed to choose to resign. DS.
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