Off topic, and most certainly a bit late, but:Yeah, I have been given a series of topics to speak on. One of which is "Government data and surveillance".
I understand I am going to be briefed to be very careful about the kinds of things I talk about during that session haha.
I don't think the Huawei tech itself is any more invasive than the majority of Western equivalents (e.g. Google). The prob is that the data it gathers will probably end up back in China and then god knows what happens to it.Off topic, and most certainly a bit late, but:
I'm curious given what I perceive to be your extensive knowledge of China, what your thoughts are on Huawei and the potential threat it poses to Western nations that accept its technologies?
Here in SA we're all-in on using Huawei, hence my curiosity.
Wouldn't one big potential long-term problem that the Chinese government "decides" that its companies are no longer allowed to carry data that is "against State interests" and hey presto entire countries see anything related to Taiwan disappear from the internet?I don't think the Huawei tech itself is any more invasive than the majority of Western equivalents (e.g. Google). The prob is that the data it gathers will probably end up back in China and then god knows what happens to it.
Yeah indeed, this sort of thing is very possible.Wouldn't one big potential long-term problem that the Chinese government "decides" that its companies are no longer allowed to carry data that is "against State interests" and hey presto entire countries see anything related to Taiwan disappear from the internet?