The FBI, CIA and NSA, the most important US intelligence agencies, advise American citizens never to buy products that are manufactured by Huawei si ZTE, whether they are phones or something else. The heads of the third government agencies made this recommendation during a work session of the senatorial commission for monitoring the US security agencies, so we are talking about something very serious.
The FBI director said the US government is concerned about the risks of using equipment from a company controlled by a foreign government, such as Huawei and ZTE. He says that if their products were used on a large scale, it would allow a foreign government to modify or steal information from citizens, and not only that, but at the same time he could do espionage without being detected by any authority.
The FBI, CIA and NSA recommend avoiding the use of Huawei and ZTE products
The US government has banned the purchase of Huawei and ZTE products in its own agencies, and Huawei has not even managed to conclude sales agreements for all its products with mobile phone operators in the US. The problem of the US government with Huawei lies in the fact that its founder is a former engineer of the Chinese army, the US intelligence agencies probably have data that gives them the understanding that Huawei would transmit user information to the local government.
"We're deeply concerned about the risks of allowing any company or entity that is beholden to foreign governments that don't share our values to gain positions of power inside our telecommunications networks," FBI Director Chris Wray testified. That provides the capacity to exert pressure or control over our telecommunications infrastructure," Wray said. "It provides the capacity to maliciously modify or steal information. And it provides the capacity to conduct undetected espionage.”
The US authorities are so against Huawei and ZTE that they are working on a law that would prohibit the employees of government institutions from using the products of the two companies. Considering that Samsung, LG, Sony, or HTC products are not treated the same, it is clear that the US authorities have clear data that Huawei and ZTE do not ensure the privacy of users and, perhaps, they are spying for the Chinese government, but clear data in - have so far been revealed to the general public.
