German intelligence agency says Huawei can't be trusted to build 5G networks

15 March 2019
This statement is based on past incidents. There's also mounting pressure from the US to drop Huawei as a partner.

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The Americans are p****d because Apple isn't selling well in over there and to add insult to injurey Huawei are over taking them.

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    • Anonymous
    • StU
    • 29 Mar 2019

    Oncom, 19 Mar 2019Rubbish comment. You know that the American government spie... moreNice one well said

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      • Adul Al Salami Kebab
      • nrX
      • 19 Mar 2019

      What? That is pure propaganda! It were no back doors just poor security, which is equally bad but not as evil...

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        • StM
        • 19 Mar 2019

        Remind me of stasi files Huawei have to run completely on open source, next in order Google to be banned for same reasons

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          • Oncom
          • 61X
          • 19 Mar 2019

          AC, 18 Mar 2019By now everyone should know Huaiwei is not a private compan... moreRubbish comment. You know that the American government spies on its own citizens at all times. Even German Counselor's cell phone was also bugged by America, face it.
          Do not be naive, it is the nature of intelligence agencies will spy on all people, enemies or friends.

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            • jn5
            • 18 Mar 2019

            expert, 17 Mar 2019if huawei does 5G ,why you should not trust . means you go... moreBy now everyone should know Huaiwei is not a private company, but an extension of the Chinese government. Yes it generates over $100b in private revenue and serves telecom companies all over the world. Yes it denies any connection with the Chinese government and will refuse any government request for customer info or provide backdoor to the equipment. At the end of the day top brass at Huawei are Communist Party members, as do most of the large companies in China. Remember Jack Ma of Alibaba. This is how business is done in China: guansi (relationship, between the companies and more importantly, to the government). What will they do when the government makes requests? Surprise, they will comply. If not they will disappear. Why would any country with strategic international interests want to build the half of their future internet infrastructure with Huawei?

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              • Gxx
              • 18 Mar 2019

              expert, 17 Mar 2019if huawei does 5G ,why you should not trust . means you go... moreI approve of this message/ makes soo much sense man/ you truly are an expert / kudos

                "pressure comes from the US" ... threats.

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                  • BVt
                  • 17 Mar 2019

                  if huawei does 5G ,why you should not trust .
                  means you got inferiority complex .shame on you usa,germany,denmark ,norway etc.
                  why not trying to improve better product and finding back doors etc.
                  Don't you have a brain equivalent to Chinese brain.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Yik
                    • 17 Mar 2019

                    Jaeger, 16 Mar 2019Huawei can't be trusted. German intelligence says so, or... moreThere are always other avenues. The thing is they don't need to provide this to the rest of the world, just to Huawei. Then let Huawei create a recant/verification of flaw statement and thats sufficient for the rest of us to know.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 17 Mar 2019

                      Anonymous, 16 Mar 2019Just another Gov. intelligence that confirms thus company's... moreYes they would bark without it because they are not use to there being another dog that can bark with a big bite in the next yard. Honestly i believe if the US didn't drag the rest of the world in on this Huawei might have let them slide. chalk it up as initial whiners who will still buy the products later.....you know...in secret.

                        Anonymous, 17 Mar 2019That's what i'm thinking. Who uses commercial public networ... moreyeah really funny excuse to ban huawei

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                          • Heini
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                          • 17 Mar 2019

                          Are you people also americans or why don't you post your source for that claim?

                          Let me help you with that ( I am german ).

                          https://www.golem.de/news/homann-bundesnetzagentur-gegen-ausschluss-von-huawei-bei-5g-1903-140050.html

                          That link just says exactly the oppotite, the president of the Bnetza does allow huawei to complete as everybody else

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 17 Mar 2019

                            Yujikon, 16 Mar 2019On german news reports we hear the opposite. That germany w... moreThat's what i'm thinking. Who uses commercial public network to communicate national intelligence stuff lol.

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                              • LEi
                              • 17 Mar 2019

                              radiation is killings us already ... cant imaging when 5g is spread world wide

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                                • 16 Mar 2019

                                will do you think apple is not spying on their customers as well?haha. They are all spying on us.

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                                  • 16 Mar 2019

                                  jtrogr, 16 Mar 2019People are automatically on Huawei's side because they don'... moreNot because of Apple. It's because of the scared US who is losing it's world power and nothing more. It's as stupid as Apple sue Samsung over curved corners and all the patent war. It's the battle that USA cant win so it uses the NATO friendly countries and smaller countries need to fallow and lick there feet so if they need something they are listened.

                                    Phone Reviewer, 16 Mar 2019The entire spying thing about Huawei is FAKE NEWS made by t... moreAnyone who uses the words FAKE NEWS, especially in caps, is automatically discredited.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 16 Mar 2019

                                      Nice to see the Chinese trolls out in force. /s

                                      As to "no hard evidence", the security agencies are hardly going to put it in the public domain.

                                      It's not about the Chinese government spying on individuals outside China, but the reliance of critical national infrastructure on 5G. For example power networks.

                                      Of course in China itself, things are rather different. Citizens must install government spyware by law (see https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/24/china_installing_mobile_spyware/ and https://boingboing.net/2017/05/30/spy-and-retain.html for example - do some research, there's plenty to find). 10-20% of non-Chinese population of Xinjiang is interned fot "re-education".

                                      China is not like western democracies.

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                                        • jtrogr
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                                        • 16 Mar 2019

                                        People are automatically on Huawei's side because they don't like Apple.
                                        Everyone is spying, the Chinese are no different.