this is also what i have been thinking lately with that Huawei ban. I read that as they didnt let the NSA get a backdoor into the phone so the usa banned the whole company.
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The primary ban was of 5G infrastructure. But chipsets also matter. Infrastructure allows real time monitoring of all calls and data. Chipsets allow real time monitoring of the microphone, even outside a call.
Also worth pointing out, spying by one group does not exclude the other.
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