▲ 193 ▼ Do Huawei phones have a secret backdoor that the Chinese government can access? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by skeezix@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 77 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 43 points 2 years ago* (1 child) If Lenovo's multiple rootkit fiascos are anything to go by for Chinese-corporation-designed electronics, yes. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago Most of Lenovo’s rootkit fiascos are due to lack of vetting bundleware providers though; Huawei is actually unlikely to have a backdoor in their phones. Their 5G infrastructure on the other hand is known to have at least two different potential backdoors designed in such a way that they may just be a chain of unfortunate vulnerabilities. Or not. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago Most of Lenovo’s rootkit fiascos are due to lack of vetting bundleware providers though; Huawei is actually unlikely to have a backdoor in their phones. Their 5G infrastructure on the other hand is known to have at least two different potential backdoors designed in such a way that they may just be a chain of unfortunate vulnerabilities. Or not. permalink fedilink source parent