The US Navy, NATO, and NASA are using a shady Chinese company’s encryption chips

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/the-us-navy-nato-and-nasa-are-using-a-shady-chinese-companys-encryption-chips/

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BelieveRevolt@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 3y (5 replies)
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neighbourbehaviour@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y (3 replies)

If you were the Chinese military you probably wouldn't like American backdoors in your gear. The American military probably feels similarly.

BelieveRevolt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)
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neighbourbehaviour@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Sure. However not everyone can make everything so if you have to buy something and if that's got a backdoor in it, it's probably preferable to be from an allied country. It's all about risk mitigation.

Raphael@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y

The world does know what happened, Snowden was treated a terrorist.

Free speech, am I right?

Zombo@partizle.com · 1 pts · 3y

Are you suggesting China’s military would readily buy encryption chips from, say, Raytheon or Northrop Grumman?

I suspect they would not.