Huawei

[TheOstrich]

Good thing or bad thing to let the Chinese have this contract? Will the so-called safeguards to keep them out of the "core" of the network be robust enough?

I'm not sure that we should be going down this 5G "inter-connectivity of things" route anyway; too much "Brave New World" for me, but then I'm older generation. Not that I expect it to reach North Dorset any time soon, mind you, we've only just got 4G!

[Workingman]

I have a suspicion that the US position is to protect its companies such as Cisco, AT&T, Qualcomm, et al, and that a lot of the Huawei stuff is a rather large red herring.

I also feel sure that the UK can lock Huwaei out of GCHQ, MI5 & 6 and the military.

As for the rest.... Well, so long as the UK's largest manufacturer of 5G equipment is Brian in his shed at 23, Lavender Cottages, Sleeping-in-the-Willows I am not that bothered. I don't have any need for anything 5G, my Internet-of-things is my laptop and my virtual assistant is my brain, so the telecom companies can go whistle. I have locked them out of my wallet.

[Kaz]

I have a suspicion that the US position is to protect its companies such as Cisco, AT&T, Qualcomm, et al, and that a lot of the Huawei stuff is a rather large red herring.

I also feel sure that the UK can lock Huwaei out of GCHQ, MI5 & 6 and the military

I can't say how I know, but believe me you are absolutely spot on there Frank.

[cromwell]

Lots of Tory MP's aren't happy and Boris is having his first mini-rebellion.
Further, if he gives HS2 the go ahead (and I think he will, probably sneaking out the announcement under the cover of B*e*i*) then he will have his second.

[Suff]

I have to admit to being conflicted on this one. I follow Tesla very closely so I have noticed that commenters on the Shanghai factory construction were wondering whether a wholly owned foreign company would have the mandatory government office in place.

I also worked with some auditors back in 2018 who were called into Shell because of a security breach. They traced the breach back to China. When it became obvious that the breach was discovered, it is alleged, the Chinese state oil company started out bidding Shell on all their discovery sites.

The breach was traced to a full 2 year hack.

So we have a situation where the government is embedded in every Chinese company and that the Chinese government believes that breaching internal computer systems is a legitimate diplomatic and trade tactic.

I also run an AMD motherboard with a Chinese chip set that has a known government back door in it.

I believe that Trump is using this to gain economic advantage. I know it is based on a reality which we cannot avoid.

The real question is... Does the American government and GCHQ do the same??

I think we all know the answer to that one.

[Workingman]

In the modern world we are all pretty much compromised and we don't need to own a mobile or be on the Internet for it to be the case, and most of us could not care less. Why should we? Am I worried that the Illuminati know that I bought a bottle of voddy and two lemons from Asda or that I forgot to get this week's lottery tickets? Go figure!

[Suff]

Hence the UK approach of allowing Huawei into the less sensitive areas.

The Donald is not a happy chappie though....