28-01-2020, 04:36
(28-01-2020, 00:30)0762 Wrote: Another dilemma for Johnson - "pulling" Huawei from an already existing and prepared comms infrastructure (4G) will cost the UK a lotta money. But a security risk is fairly evident and emphasised by the US govt! Johnson says he has a "plan"? Or is it another "fudge" but a dangerous one at that!!?
Also what a bizarre alliance in Parliament today watching various senior Tories debating and siding with the SNP and presenting a vanguard of extreme protest against such a deal with Huawei!!! I wonder what Johnson made of that unusual alliance!!
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51263799
An interesting piece on the dilemma facing the UK over this 5G decision. I also certainly would not trust this current US Administration to make any decision that they say is for the good of the country!!! Trump's decision will come down to market forces only, he is pissed that the Western telecom companies have fallen behind Huawei and he wants to make sure that the company running the 5G can be controlled by him and not any other government. I would also not trust a US company any more than I would a Chinese one, the NSA alone has its fingers in all these companies and lets not forget we are talking about an administration that has been hacked repeatedly by the Russians and still cannot safeguard a simple system like the election machines in the upcoming Presidential election!!
As it says in the article the UK may actually be best placed to be able to monitor Huawei, having done it for a while now already but the reality is I am not sure there are that many telecom companies that can be completely trusted in this global age.