Huawei & NSA

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20140323
N.S.A. Breached Chinese Servers Seen as Security Threat / Huawei Shenzen

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/world ... ml?hp&_r=0

American officials have long considered Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant, a security threat,
blocking it from business deals in the United States for fear that the company would create 'back doors' in its equipment
that could allow the Chinese military or Beijing-backed hackers to steal corporate and government secrets.

But even as the United States made a public case about the dangers of buying from Huawei,
classified documents show that the National Security Agency was creating its own 'back doors' directly into Huawei’s networks.


http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

20140318
Edward Snowden speaks at TED2014 about surveillance and Internet freedom.
Chris Anderson interviews, with special guest Tim Berners-Lee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVwAodrjZMY
https://www.ted.com/talks/edward_snowde ... e_internet

20140321
After a surprise appearance by Edward Snowden at TED2014, Chris Anderson said: "If the NSA wants to respond, please do."
And yes, they did.
Appearing by video, NSA deputy director Richard Ledgett answers Anderson's questions about the balance between security and protecting privacy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLNXIXingyU

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/19 ... n_ted2014/