The NSA has asked its close security allies to prohibit the use of Huawei equipment in their 5G telecom networks. In a telling twist of fate, recently Vodafone revealed it found backdoors in Huawei equipment in Italy in 2011, now supposedly remediated. The U.K., a member of Five Eyes security alliance for sharing intelligence, has also said it would allow Huawei in some parts of its network. These are worrying developments.
It is worth examining the risks the U.S. is worried about in simple, non-technical terms.
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