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Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027

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293 points doener | 4 comments | 14 Jul 20 12:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.628s | source
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rich_sasha ◴[14 Jul 20 12:42 UTC] No.23831166[source]▶
If this is just Realpolitik/hardware independence, fine, but security..?

Any worthwhile Internet traffic should be encrypted in 2020, and if it isn’t, Huawei probably isn’t the most immediate concern.

And if it is encrypted, does it really matter who is listening?

Comments welcome, I know zilch about telecoms hardware.

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1. tompagenet2 ◴[14 Jul 20 12:49 UTC] No.23831232[source]▶
On this thought, why is the concern about 5G rather than existing mobile networks and existing fixed-line networks (Huawei kit is common in both)? Is something different about 5G or the UK implementation of it?
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2. rich_sasha ◴[14 Jul 20 12:58 UTC] No.23831336[source]▶
Just guessing, but maybe Huawei was more niche when the earlier generations were built, so organically participated less in them anyway?

Or maybe the higher density of 5G kit makes the attack cross-section larger somehow?

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3. dogma1138 ◴[14 Jul 20 13:00 UTC] No.23831365[source]▶
This is from all UK networks.
4. kevin_thibedeau ◴[14 Jul 20 21:46 UTC] No.23838373[source]▶
They're cheaper and its more likely that profit constrained telcos will buy their equipment as a competitive edge while selling out their populace.