Huawei. Last week ended very well for the Chinese company, after the head of the UN telecommunications agency, Houlin Zhao, declared his support for its products, taking many people by surprise. Practically, the world was surprised by his decision to get involved in the scandal, considering the position he holds within the UN, but Houlin Zhao worked in the Ministry of Telecommunications in China before arriving at the UN, so it is normal to support Huawei .
Huawei. Moving on, over the weekend the head of the cyber security division within Homeland Security, Chris Krebs, again made some very interesting statements regarding the Chinese company. He said that the Americans are not so much interested in the Huawei company and its products, but in the country under whose law it operates, that is in this case China, because the law there can oblige it to provide access to the information in the equipment its.
Huawei. HOMELAND SECURITY makes an AMAZING ANNOUNCEMENT
Huawei. Basically, the Americans don't really care if the Chinese products are easy to hack or not, because that helps the Homeland Security people, but they care that the government of the country they come from can access the data. If Homeland Security had available in the USA companies as willing to cooperate with the state as Huawei is in China, then probably the situation would not have been so tense at this moment, and the scandal would not have existed.
Our focus is not on the country of origin, or the company, but it's about what is the rule of law under which that product is potentially subject to. It's the rise of authoritarian states and how they're operationalizing their tech sectors.
Huawei. If Homeland Security had a company to work with to access customer data, then the US government would likely defend it with the same conviction that the Chinese government defends Huawei. Many people have noticed how much the Chinese government is fighting to defend Huawei, something that did not happen when ZTE was "put on the wall" by the US government, and this quite clearly confirms the Americans' accusations.
Huawei. Despite what the Americans want, Europe does not want to ban this company's products for 5G networks, so we will have enough on the continent.
