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Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027

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293 points doener | 1 comments | 14 Jul 20 12:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.197s | source
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CodesInChaos ◴[14 Jul 20 20:16 UTC] No.23837250[source]▶
If the protocols used for mobile networks were designed to be secure, most of the infrastructure couldn't do anything worse than a DoS attack. It'd still need some trusted servers for key management, but those could be standard hardware with relatively simple software.
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1. chopin ◴[14 Jul 20 20:43 UTC] No.23837575[source]▶
How would that be in the interest of any government? Even in the most liberal democracies (I know of) there is a strong surveillance tendency.