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   vanderoeast
   Member

   I don't know if you read the news about ZTE and Huawai. They are under pressure by European, US and India. Allegations include price dumping, strong connections to Chinese government and also backdoors included in their products for network monitoring (aka hardware based spyware).

   This is a big concern for everyone, not just me. I would like to have the choice to buy a non-ZTE (Huawai) stick if I feel not comfortable with it. It's the same if I don't like iPhone I can buy an android. But with internet USB sticks, you don't get a choice. It's all ZTE and Huawai hardware, not a single Sony Ericsson. I phoned Sony and they say they don't offer USB internet sticks.

   Frankly, this really sucks....

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   BuBBy
   Teh adnim

   Allegations are one thing... proof is another.

   I read a lot of "if it came from China it must have an evil back door". Proof is needed on a case by case basis. Otherwise it is nothing but a wild conspiracy theory (which on the internet are a dime a dozen).

   Just like you would "like to have the choice" to buy a non-ZTE stick, companies "like to have the choice" to not manufacture products that they believe will not be profitable, or are products that lie outside their core area of expertise.

   If someone feels strongly enough about it, maybe they might develop a competing product.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/12182

   In this article, the researchers respond to this post. It's a bit humorous, because they simultaneously say that the issues their research exposes are "[Trustworthiness] of chip developers who are subcontracted by military but mainly outsource their designs and chip fabrication to China and India" and "we have no idea why people have linked the Chinese to this as it did not come from us".

   PS my Mobile Broadband USB Modem not call back to china

   Posted 12 years ago #

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