Current Events > Don't use Huawei phones, say heads of FBI, CIA, and NSA

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Giant_Aspirin
02/14/18 10:39:02 AM
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https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/14/17011246/huawei-phones-safe-us-intelligence-chief-fears

as someone who owns and uses a Nexus 6p does this mean im helping China espionage?
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Romulox28
02/14/18 10:39:43 AM
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i would never ever buy a phone developed by a chinese company
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Fam_Fam
02/14/18 10:40:43 AM
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my gf uses one...should i be worried?
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Mikablu
02/14/18 10:41:49 AM
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I guess China will get to see all the porn I look up on my phone.
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Giant_Aspirin
02/14/18 10:42:19 AM
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Romulox28 posted...
i would never ever buy a phone developed by a chinese company


i almost guarantee that your phone is made in china tho
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prince_leo
02/14/18 10:42:21 AM
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I recently upgraded from the 6p to the pixel xl 2
so lol me
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Giant_Aspirin
02/14/18 10:42:54 AM
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prince_leo posted...
I recently upgraded from the 6p to the pixel xl 2
so lol me


pixels aren't manufactured by Huawei tho. Google ditched them after the 6p
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Romulox28
02/14/18 10:43:58 AM
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Giant_Aspirin posted...
Romulox28 posted...
i would never ever buy a phone developed by a chinese company


i almost guarantee that your phone is made in china tho

i have an iphone. it's assembled in China, but the phone is developed & designed in the US, and the OS/software is designed in the US as well, to US regulations.
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D-Lo_BrownTown
02/14/18 10:47:24 AM
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What is a Huawei phone?
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Giant_Aspirin
02/14/18 10:48:38 AM
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D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
What is a Huawei phone?


Huawei is a manufacturer, like Samsung. they make the Nexus phones that Google used to sell, among others
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MegaTech
02/14/18 10:49:31 AM
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Fuck em. My 6p is the tits
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Caution999
02/14/18 10:50:19 AM
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Raise your hand if you're surprised G_A is colluding with a foreign nation to spy.

*keeps hand down*

:P
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Two_Dee
02/14/18 10:50:23 AM
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Racism against the Chinese
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Giant_Aspirin
02/14/18 10:50:56 AM
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MegaTech posted...
Fuck em. My 6p is the tits


my 6p is the best phone i've owned. i'm lucky enough to not have any battery issues yet but ive only had the phone for like 18 months
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Chicken
02/14/18 10:51:24 AM
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"Don't use the phones that lets China spy on you, use the ones that let us spy on you."
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TheGrindery
02/14/18 10:51:25 AM
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I'm on the Huawei to Hell!
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ilovuuu
02/14/18 10:51:29 AM
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Two_Dee posted...
Racism against the Chinese

Japanese girls are prettier
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Giant_Aspirin
02/14/18 10:55:53 AM
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Caution999 posted...
Raise your hand if you're surprised G_A is colluding with a foreign nation to spy.


why you litt ---

Caution999 posted...
*keeps hand down*


and keep it down!

TheGrindery posted...
I'm on the Huawei to Hell!


ha!
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Shuto-uke
02/14/18 11:01:57 AM
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This is free market interference.

Dont you think iPhones are made in China too? Google foxcon
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Romulox28
02/14/18 11:02:57 AM
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Shuto-uke posted...
This is free market interference.

Dont you think iPhones are made in China too? Google foxcon

assembled in China =/= developed & designed in China
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MoistenedYouth
02/14/18 11:03:03 AM
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Romulox28 posted...
i would never ever buy a phone developed by a chinese company


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DevsBro
02/14/18 11:03:31 AM
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I really have not even the slightest clue when 99% of people get 99% of their information.

Case in point, I've never heard of this company.
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bobtuse
02/14/18 11:03:48 AM
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Chicken posted...
"Don't use the phones that lets China spy on you, use the ones that let us spy on you."

lmao exactly
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l Dudeboy l
02/14/18 11:04:39 AM
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Chicken posted...
"Don't use the phones that lets China spy on you, use the ones that let us spy on you."

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TheGrindery
02/14/18 11:06:39 AM
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l Dudeboy l posted...
Chicken posted...
"Don't use the phones that lets China spy on you, use the ones that let us spy on you."

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salandrews
02/14/18 11:47:21 AM
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Didnt they recently get busted for using bots to post good reviews of their phones on best buys website?
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AvantgardeAClue
02/14/18 11:49:10 AM
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Never use anything you can't pronounce
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Krojen
02/14/18 11:50:11 AM
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l Dudeboy l posted...
Chicken posted...
"Don't use the phones that lets China spy on you, use the ones that let us spy on you."

Yep. Google wants to sell your info to China, not give it to them for free.
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DoctorVader
02/14/18 11:51:23 AM
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Explains why 6P users got upgraded to the Pixel XL for free.
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Anteaterking
02/14/18 11:53:14 AM
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tamashiini
02/14/18 11:57:33 AM
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l Dudeboy l posted...
Chicken posted...
"Don't use the phones that lets China spy on you, use the ones that let us spy on you."

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Coffeebeanz
02/14/18 1:07:47 PM
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Wo bu xihuan
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Super Saiyan 3 Goku
02/14/18 1:09:21 PM
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tamashiini posted...
l Dudeboy l posted...
Chicken posted...
"Don't use the phones that lets China spy on you, use the ones that let us spy on you."

Lol exactly.

Let's not delude ourselves into thinking that the US government doesn't already spy on us themselves.
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TheGrindery
02/14/18 1:37:35 PM
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Spying on my boring ass would be a good punishment for a new guy that fucked up.

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Blue_Inigo
02/14/18 1:38:39 PM
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Id rather China spy on me than Uncle Sam
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SGT_Conti
02/14/18 1:39:23 PM
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I'm kind of surprised at how much my dad enjoys his Huawei considering how much he distrusts China in every other facet of life.
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EverDownward
02/14/18 1:41:35 PM
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I've been using an Honor 5X since early 2016. It's what I'm using now to post this. I'll stop using it when I can find a middle of the road phone as affordable and well designed as this one.
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Fishy
02/14/18 1:41:38 PM
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I wonder if Chairman Mao has my OnePlus tapped.
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Foppe
02/14/18 1:47:46 PM
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We have no secret backdoors in Huawei phones, thereby you should only use the phones that got backdoors ee can use.
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TheGrindery
02/14/18 1:48:42 PM
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Foppe posted...
We have no secret backdoors in Huawei phones, thereby you should only use the phones that got backdoors ee can use.

There is no true escape

They're watching all the time
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TheCyborgNinja
02/14/18 1:51:27 PM
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I don't own one, but I wouldn't really care. They'd be like "this guy is boring."
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