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		sdoering on Nov 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Xiaomi phone might’ve shipped with a censorship ... Additionally it isn't that we have a clean slate in Germany (as an example) ourselves [1]. We can't trust any vendors. Be it soft- or hardware. Be it cloud. At least not when thinking about state level actors. Nations need to think, as you said, about propper vendor mix and risk assessment. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_AG?wprov=sfla1

Fnoord on Nov 19, 2021 [–]

Crypto AG was Swiss, not German.

bierjunge on Nov 19, 2021 | [–]

It was mainly operated by BND, a german intelligence agency. GCHQ and NSA were also involved.

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