That would be impractical in my opinion. I think you're talking about embedding rules at the hardware level of devices like the network interface card and I would suspect requires cracking third-party components. Sounds expensive and exhaustive. The better option is what they've done with China Telecom by hijacking the internet backbone using the Border Gateway Protocol to redirect traffic to China Telecom Autonomous Systems to steal unencrypted data or store encrypted data for later decryption. Theoretically they would be able to block traffic to Taiwanese content, but why bother when you have the capacity to sway large swaths of public opinion by weaponizing social media to promote your interests without being forthcoming to who you are? For example, Russian interference in elections.Yeah indeed, this sort of thing is very possible.
Generally speaking though, laws in the EU (and even the US I think) would define this sort of behaviour as anti-competitive or unlawful on some other basis, and then fine the hell out of Huawei's Western offices etc.
But it's certainly an issue.
that hasn't really been their style thus farTheoretically they would be able to block traffic to Taiwanese content, but why bother when you have the capacity to sway large swaths of public opinion by weaponizing social media to promote your interests without being forthcoming to who you are?
Yeah, I agree but it's not outside the realm of their capacity to do. If you're trying to persuade populations to take a position, the easiest and most successful way to do that is to social engineer them, not block access to internet content. These are the most successful campaigns when adversaries attempt to breach organizations. They aren't always exploiting some nuanced protocol or code in an application, they're usually getting people to click on a malicious link.that hasn't really been their style thus far
Can someone translate thisThat would be impractical in my opinion. I think you're talking about embedding rules at the hardware level of devices like the network interface card and I would suspect requires cracking third-party components. Sounds expensive and exhaustive. The better option is what they've done with China Telecom by hijacking the internet backbone using the Border Gateway Protocol to redirect traffic to China Telecom Autonomous Systems to steal unencrypted data or store encrypted data for later decryption. Theoretically they would be able to block traffic to Taiwanese content, but why bother when you have the capacity to sway large swaths of public opinion by weaponizing social media to promote your interests without being forthcoming to who you are? For example, Russian interference in elections.
Read a book ffsCan someone translate this
Maybe. Similar rules for this sort of thing exist in the EU though.Though they are geared towards enhancing privacy and data protection rather than censorship etc. But "by design" laws etc. are very much a thing.That would be impractical in my opinion. I think you're talking about embedding rules at the hardware level of devices like the network interface card and I would suspect requires cracking third-party components. Sounds expensive and exhaustive. The better option is what they've done with China Telecom by hijacking the internet backbone using the Border Gateway Protocol to redirect traffic to China Telecom Autonomous Systems to steal unencrypted data or store encrypted data for later decryption. Theoretically they would be able to block traffic to Taiwanese content, but why bother when you have the capacity to sway large swaths of public opinion by weaponizing social media to promote your interests without being forthcoming to who you are? For example, Russian interference in elections.
don't buy a huawei phoneCan someone translate this
I think it would be a calculated risk on the part of China, deciding to implement some type of latent firewall on devices. EU Laws governing privacy rights and whatever else that would concern building backdoors would hopefully be a deterrent against malicious practices like that, but they fail to stop China's existing practices in building backdoors in network infrastructure appliances and kick in after the fact. The laws are good and I particularly appreciate the updated rules in the GDPR and they are a great deterrent. My point was that I don't see China doing something along the lines of blocking traffic to internet content for any devices outside of their national firewall, it's just too impractical. I see them being cleverer than that and doing something to aggravate the GDPR and other compliance regulations.Maybe. Similar rules for this sort of thing exist in the EU though.Though they are geared towards enhancing privacy and data protection rather than censorship etc. But "by design" laws etc. are very much a thing.
>implying this is somehow unique to Chinahttps://www.ft.com/content/282f8ca0-3be6-11e9-b72b-2c7f526ca5d0
"Regardless of what any law says, if the state asks you to do something, you’ll face consequences if you don’t, be they legal or more sinister. The party is supreme and has the final say on everything.”
Ausage and you tripping together somewhere?>implying this is somehow unique to China
Unfortunately not.Ausage and you tripping together somewhere?