Monday, February 25, 2019

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: ON THE IDEA OF BANNING A COMPANY LIKE HUAWEI - AND AN INADVERTENTLY AMUSING REFERENCE TO THE "FIVE-EYES" - WHAT THAT IS - NOTHING GOOD

John Chuckman


COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN CBC NEWS



“Huawei unveils bendable phone that'll take a bite out of your wallet”

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Response to a reader comment:



Your words, I'm am sorry, show little appreciation for realities.

First, no company making good products should be banned. Anywhere. Anytime.

That's just a basic principle for an enlightened society.

Second, your reference to the "five-eyes" is amusing, though I’m sure not intended to be so.

That, in fact, is a spying system, one created by the United States a few decades back and employed by the participating countries, basically the English-speaking world, against their own citizens.

The concept originated with the fact that it is technically illegal for an American intelligence entity to spy on Americans.

The solution to that?

Get one of your allies to spy on your citizens while you spy on theirs, then simply exchange the information.

You think that is a good thing?