Huawei kick-up from the National Security Council meeting

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Huawei kick-up from the National Security Council meeting

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Well, the former defence secretary, Gavin Williamson is strenuously denying any involvement and they have sacked him. They said he had leaker information, which should be a criminal offence as he signed the official secrets act and would be jailed, if he were a civil servant.

He swears on his children’s lives that it’s a stitch-up and is taking it further.

I think there’s more to come...
However, IF the UK decide to use Huawei then the US will stop sharing secrets and we would be taking a dangerous precedent.

Huawei is state owned by China (although they deny it) and I wonder if BT were to try to win a tender in China?

Huawei, from personal experience, ‘stole’ and copied Cisco devices years ago - even down to emulating them on a network. They were founded in that way and somehow the US ‘forgave’ them at one point.
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Perhaps it is all a political ploy to get something out of Trump?

With regards to Williamson, he deserves his day in court. If this is just a political stitch up then whoever masterminded it needs to face the consequences. Big time.
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I listened to an article on 5 Live who were interviewing an IT Security Specialist. She was saying the UK Technical Specialists were pretty relaxed about Huawei equipment and didn't believe it was a serious security threat as the USA is making it out to be.

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Well after having many Iphones me and the missus bought Huawei phones, better phones at a much cheaper price in my opinion, and there lies the problem for Trump and co, China are closing the gap with the Yanks re technology, and they don't like it, simple.
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CIA Claims It Has Proof Huawei Has Been Funded By China's Military And Intelligence

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman ... elligence/
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Not like them to ever fake anything.
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Happy in Cyprus wrote: Sun May 05, 2019 12:57 am
WHL wrote: Sat May 04, 2019 10:45 amWell after having many Iphones me and the missus bought Huawei phones, better phones at a much cheaper price in my opinion, and there lies the problem for Trump and co, China are closing the gap with the Yanks re technology, and they don't like it, simple.

Couldn't agree more. Though I am a fan of Apple and it's products I would never buy an iPhone. Wife has had a Huawei phone for over a year; it's brilliant and incredible value.
I even gave up on Ipad to expensive now, bought samsung cheaper then the apple and I can download films to watch on flights , for nothing , I k ow others who have given up on apple especially after that battery fiasco.
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On my last contract I was given a works I Phone which didn't impress at all and I Gave it back to IT after a week who then gave me a Huawei which didn't impress either. They took that back after three days and gave me a Samsung Note 8 which to my mind was much easier to use, can't beat Samsung as far As I'm concerned.

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Happy in Cyprus wrote: Sun May 05, 2019 7:20 pm My old Samsung S5 will likely get replaced this year; it's starting to show it's age. The only thing I don't like about Huawei is the back button. Plus some of the icons on the Home page are different to what I'm used to on a Samsung. It really is what you get used to.

When the time does come, it'll be difficult to choose. The Huawei 20 looks an amazing piece of kit. I wouldn't even consider an iPhone.

This is the phone me and my wife got from Public, very happy with them.
Huawei P Smart 2019 64GB Smartphone Black
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Happy in Cyprus wrote: Sun May 05, 2019 7:20 pm The only thing I don't like about Huawei is the back button.
I've just exchanged my old Huawei P10 lite for a new P30 lite (which is excellent). Neither have a back button though? Do you mean the fingerprint sensor on the back? If so, it's in the single most convenient position and super quick!
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Happy in Cyprus wrote: Mon May 06, 2019 6:44 pm
WHL wrote: Mon May 06, 2019 11:34 amThis is the phone me and my wife got from Public, very happy with them.
Huawei P Smart 2019 64GB Smartphone Black smartphones | Product Code: # 1355653 € 249 00
I believe the wife has the 2018 version of that phone. But I take a lot of pics for business...and the better the quality the better. Which is why I like the spec for the 20.

Oxfordboy wrote: Mon May 06, 2019 3:19 pmNeither have a back button though? Do you mean the fingerprint sensor on the back

No, I mean the 'return' button on the user-facing side, which takes you back to the previous page. I just like the way it works on my Samsung as opposed to my wife's Huawei. But it's a trivial point really.

One area which does concern me: if a bank or c/c provider send me a verification code by sms on my Samsung, it comes through in a second or two. When a verification code was sent to my wife's Huawei it never arrived. Tried several times. An internet search revealed this can be a problem with Huaweis, though not sure why. This would be a big 'no-no' to me. Have either of you experienced this problem?
Both the wife and I get verification codes from the bank daily, and
It comes in a second, never had a problem,
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Never had any issues at all with verification codes via SMS.
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