←back to thread

Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027

(www.bbc.com)
293 points doener | 6 comments | 14 Jul 20 12:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
Show context
AdrianB1 ◴[14 Jul 20 12:33 UTC] No.23831081[source]▶
Total crap;either it is a security risk and it has to be removed yesterday or it is not. 2027 is meaningless.
replies(5): >>23831391 #>>23831474 #>>23831646 #>>23831902 #>>23836295 #
1. IshKebab ◴[14 Jul 20 13:49 UTC] No.23831902[source]▶
That's not how risks work.
replies(1): >>23836177 #
2. sixstringtheory ◴[14 Jul 20 18:59 UTC] No.23836177[source]▶
Do you buckle your seatbelt before you start driving or when you're 68% of the way to your destination?
replies(2): >>23836233 #>>23837887 #
3. kube-system ◴[14 Jul 20 19:03 UTC] No.23836233[source]▶
A closer car analogy: antique vehicles without seatbelts were not banned from public roads when seatbelts became mandatory.
replies(1): >>23840682 #
4. IshKebab ◴[14 Jul 20 21:07 UTC] No.23837887[source]▶
No because buckling my seatbelt at the start is free and easy.
5. sixstringtheory ◴[15 Jul 20 02:52 UTC] No.23840682{3}[source]▶
Except that it's already been decided the towers will be removed, which is counter to your example. My analogy was meant to highlight the delay in action against something that has been deemed a risk.
replies(1): >>23845436 #
6. kube-system ◴[15 Jul 20 14:10 UTC] No.23845436{4}[source]▶
Almost every safety regulation does this; few are effective immediately. Manufacturing plants need retooled, workforces need retrained, new equipment needs to be acquired and implemented, compliance measure must be implemented, etc.

>Except that it's already been decided the towers will be removed, which is counter to your example.

Grandfather clauses are implementation grace periods that are equal to the expected lifetime of the device. This is not counter to the example -- this is an example that sometimes these grace periods are very generous even for things we are very sure are unsafe.