@neighbourbehaviour to World [email protected] • 2 years agoThe US Navy, NATO, and NASA are using a shady Chinese company’s encryption chipsarstechnica.commessage-square4arrow-up124arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkThe US Navy, NATO, and NASA are using a shady Chinese company’s encryption chipsarstechnica.com@neighbourbehaviour to World [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square4file-textcross-posted to: technology[email protected][email protected]
minus-square@neighbourbehaviourOPlink7•2 years agoIf you were the Chinese military you probably wouldn’t like American backdoors in your gear. The American military probably feels similarly.
minus-square@neighbourbehaviourOPlink3•edit-22 years agoSure. However not everyone can make everything so if you have to buy something and if that’s got a backdoor in it, it’s probably preferable to be from an allied country. It’s all about risk mitigation.
minus-square@Raphaellink0•2 years agoThe world does know what happened, Snowden was treated a terrorist. Free speech, am I right?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoAre you suggesting China’s military would readily buy encryption chips from, say, Raytheon or Northrop Grumman? I suspect they would not.
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If you were the Chinese military you probably wouldn’t like American backdoors in your gear. The American military probably feels similarly.
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Sure. However not everyone can make everything so if you have to buy something and if that’s got a backdoor in it, it’s probably preferable to be from an allied country. It’s all about risk mitigation.
The world does know what happened, Snowden was treated a terrorist.
Free speech, am I right?
Are you suggesting China’s military would readily buy encryption chips from, say, Raytheon or Northrop Grumman?
I suspect they would not.