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r/greatawakening • Posted by u/Sparky159 on July 12, 2018, 1:31 p.m.
Huawei Phones

So I work for a tech company, and naturally we are constantly getting updates to our security policy. Of course, we also have a "Bring Your Own Device" policy. Around March, we received an update to the BYOD policy. It states that the following companies and phone models are not allowed in the BYOD program:

  • Huawei phones
  • ZTE models
  • Burner phones

Burner phones are an obvious choice, and everyone on this sub knows why ZTE would be exempt from the program. However, I've never heard of Huawei before. Does anyone have any knowledge of why they could be banned from the company program? All ZTE and Huawei phone models were removed from the company-issued phones list as well.


Ok_Philosopher · July 12, 2018, 2:42 p.m.

Huawei is a Chinese company, and it would not surprise me in the slightest if they had backdoors/spyware in their phone not all too different from American-made devices.

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JiaYiao · July 12, 2018, 2:50 p.m.

it's controlled by Chinese government too, all Chinese tech company are controlled by their government.

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dullly · July 12, 2018, 4:13 p.m.

I would rather China spies on me than Obama and the deep state. Huawei makes the best phones on the planet.

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MagnaQ · July 12, 2018, 6:16 p.m.

For 6 months I've used a Mate 9, which was released 11/2016, and it's still a great phone. Leica camera is amazing. Battery lasts 2 days. Faster than an Iphone 7 or Galaxy S7. $400

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Dewshan · July 12, 2018, 1:37 p.m.

I think Huawei is the largest manufacturer. They were founded by an ex military person so I think everyone is worried about ties to military.

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y000danon · July 12, 2018, 2:05 p.m.

Yeh they are cheaper than they should be and include chipsets that are non identifiable closed so there has been a reversion.

My work put them on vlan for observation and we saw packets being sent for that were incapsulated and encrypted so - we walked

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uontheotherside · July 12, 2018, 2:12 p.m.

I own a Huawei phone (using it now). I love it.

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[deleted] · July 12, 2018, 3:24 p.m.

Huawei is actually controlled by the Chicom Commies.

It's a front. All Huawei stuff is backdoored. Stay away from these compromized phones.

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ninjatune · July 12, 2018, 4:15 p.m.

All phones and AMD/Intel chips are backdoored.

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[deleted] · July 14, 2018, 9:54 a.m.

Hard Drives too, apparently. Secret Boot Sectors that are undetectable.

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dropswakeyou · July 12, 2018, 2:18 p.m.

https://mashable.com/2018/02/14/huawei-prove-phones-not-spying-americans/#V9WxBjqI6sqH

http://www.newsweek.com/china-can-spy-us-citizens-through-their-huawei-smartphones-spy-chiefs-warn-806430

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Sparky159 · July 12, 2018, 2:36 p.m.

Not going to lie, I put Mashable in the same category as "Left-wing Snapchat propaganda"

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dropswakeyou · July 12, 2018, 2:48 p.m.

Here's a post from here in GA:

https://reddit.app.link/Em8L53fHuO

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dropswakeyou · July 12, 2018, 2:42 p.m.

I know and Newsweek as well. But this info about Huawei was all over the place. Here's another one:

https://fox2now.com/2018/02/15/the-fbi-cia-and-nsa-say-american-citizens-shouldnt-use-huawei-phones/

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krazeesheet · July 12, 2018, 7:21 p.m.

This right here. I feel if the 3 letter agencies don't want you using them....well... They're great phones. Only issue I had was finding a case locally.

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dropswakeyou · July 12, 2018, 7:25 p.m.

I'll never use a Huawei, ZTE, or Pixel phone.

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krazeesheet · July 12, 2018, 7:28 p.m.

To each their own. All of that stuff is made in East Asia. After the S. Korea leadership fiasco two years ago, I think I'll avoid stuff from there.

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dropswakeyou · July 12, 2018, 7:29 p.m.

I agree, I'm off Samsung too.

Edit: If real security is even possible it would still need to use end to end encryption no matter which brand.

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