I don’t think the US backdoors phones anymore … mostly because they don’t need to. They find other ways to get the information, like warrantless surveillance of Google and Apple notification servers.
Comment on Do Huawei phones have a secret backdoor that the Chinese government can access?
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Yes.
Also phones made in the US have back doors that the US government can access. It’s not really secret.
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 5 months ago
Cinner@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The backdoors the NSA uses are known vulnerabilities, 0days, USB drops, all the normal hacker tools… and if it’s a target of sensitive enough in nature, maybe a warrant requiring Apple Update/Windows Update/whoever or whatever device needs spied on, to deliver a payload to that specific machine.
Persen@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m sorry if I act like an asshole, but doesen’t this mean, the same as the comment you answered to?
Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Why do these threads always circle back to the US? It’s always the obnoxious “USA bad because other country bad”
And no, I’m not American
olutukko@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s just pointing out that chinese are not the only people to spy on you
Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m aware, but if that’s the answer why not include other nations? It’s always just the US and I find that very curious when any criticism is drawn to China on Lemmy.
aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 5 months ago
Because asking whether a chinese phone is spying on you is a loaded question.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 months ago
How is it a loaded question if the answer is a resounding “yes, it’s not a secret”? I think you mean that it’s a narrow question. If the answer is “but look at all these other nations” it would’ve been more than China and the US. By your logic, it’s also a loaded answer, then, don’t you think?
aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 5 months ago
The US is often used as a synecdoche for the five eyes, the “western world”, nato, etc. Stop being so obtuse.
ringwraithfish@startrek.website 5 months ago
It’s secret like Area 51 is secret. We know it’s there, we know the government is doing something with it, but we don’t know fully what, when, why, or how.