Vodafone Found Hidden Backdoors in Huawei Equipment
I was skeptical about &quot;boycotting&quot; China and Huawei for a long time; just thought that they make cheap phones, and innovative tech, so why not.<p>I changed 180 degrees when I started learning about the growing Chinese influence, how politically corrupt they are, and the excessive violence and human rights violations exercised against minorities.<p>China is growing its economic dominance very quickly. They are gaining many growing Asian and African countries under their belts (pun intended with the belt &amp; road initiative [1])<p>These poor counties don&#x27;t really have a say when offered china&#x27;s generous offers, but we do.<p>It is going to be expensive, just like trying to fix climate change is: We have to be willing to pay to fix our mistakes (or other people in our society, if we want better future for our [grand]kids.
But we will only be paying the price of our mistakes: depending that much on sweatshops, factory workers who are paid next to nothing, and collaborating with an authoritarian regime that clearly opposed our values for the longest time.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Belt_and_Road_Initiative" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Belt_and_Road_Initiative</a>
Concentration camps and race-based terrorism in Xinjiang: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;what-is-life-like-in-xinjiang-reeducation-camps-china-2018-5" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;what-is-life-like-in-xinjian...</a>
Belt and road effect on nature: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;china-belt-road-encourages-invasive-species-2019-1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;china-belt-road-encourages-i...</a><p>PS: I agree with the stance on bloomberg, but that doesn&#x27;t really defy my point. I just had to get something off my chest.