Fred Baker (fred) wrote:
http://windowsitpro.com/identity-management/richard-clarke-rsa-conference-10-observations-us-intelligence-gathering
One of the points made there is:
One of the reasons for this loss of marketing share is because non-US companies, particularly Asian companies, are using the NSA revelations as a marketing tool to say that US products are untrustworthy because they’re bugged by the NSA. Clarke said “The hilarious part is that they’re not. But the products you can get from certain Asian manufacturers are.”
The NSA has the capabilities to intervene in the supply chain: <http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/12/nsa-cisco-huawei-china/?mbid=social16469164> <http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/catalog-reveals-nsa-has-back-doors-for-numerous-devices-a-940994.html> <https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/12/more_about_the.html>And while I'm certain other countries are doing so as well, as things stand, there is no firm evidence of "certain Asian manufacturers" 'bugging' their wares.
But to insist that some Asian countries (namely China, via Huawei, ZTE, etc.) do it while others like USA and Sweden don't is naive at best and duplicitous propaganda at worst:
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