US intelligence agencies do not recommend citizens to use smartphones manufactured by China

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The heads of the FBI, the CIA and the NSA did not recommend the Americans to use smartphones made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE, claiming that they threaten the security of the country, reports TASS CNN post.



According to the information, with such a warning, the heads of these departments spoke at a hearing held on the intelligence committee of the Senate of the US Congress.

FBI Director Christopher Ray explained the opinion of the special services, stating that "it is risky to allow companies accountable to foreign governments to be connected to the US telecommunications infrastructure."

This creates prerequisites for maliciously altering or stealing information. It also creates opportunities for covert espionage,
said the head of the FBI.

Earlier, the US telecommunications giant Verizon Communications refused to sell smartphones manufactured by Huawei. As the media was told, the company "took this decision under pressure from the US government, which Huawei suspects of cooperating with the Chinese intelligence services."

In Washington, it is believed that on the smartphones of this company programs can be installed through which users are monitored. Recently Republican congressmen Michael Conaway and Liz Cheney proposed to consider a bill that recommended banning the US government from entering into contracts with Huawei and ZTE, as well as using the products of these companies.
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  1. +9
    15 February 2018 14: 30
    "Apple" in collusion with the secret services
    1. +7
      15 February 2018 14: 34
      Quote: Thrall
      "Apple" in collusion with the secret services

      Oh, and for the crafty-eyed, in St. Petersburg, they found a wiretap in household irons from China .. then why talk about smartphones.
      I am writing from the "Korean".)))
      1. +15
        15 February 2018 14: 38
        Quote: Scoun
        I am writing from the "Korean".)))

        Are you sure? Koreans have long moved the production of smartphones to China! Samsung is no exception ...
        Quote: Scoun
        Come on and cunning-eyed
        Do you distinguish between them? Kalmyks cannot even distinguish them ...
        1. +8
          15 February 2018 14: 52
          Quote: Anarchist
          Koreans have long moved the production of smartphones to China! Samsung is no exception ...

          Damn Alexander, I use the Huawei, before him was Samsung, then the Chinese are watching me. laughing so
          fellow
          1. +13
            15 February 2018 15: 11
            Heat! The "rotten apple" at first Samsung "dropped", now they have taken over the Chinese. He grinned at capitalism. smile It is understandable: the kosher surveillance of "Yepla" is much more democratic and safer than the totalitarian (I say in a whisper) tracking of the Chinese. By the way, where are they doing Yepl?
          2. +4
            15 February 2018 15: 41
            laughing in vain. and with the development of IT devices spy on you, this is a fact.
            and with the release of windows10 it's generally arrogance, this spy works insolently.
            1. +5
              15 February 2018 15: 56
              You put the simplest children's toy for a child on the phone - they require access to contacts, photos, videos, to the microphone, location, and something else ... WHY ???
              I do not agree - the game will not be installed, the child will not play the cat. And so on all games and programs.
              Moreover, everything is official, people themselves agree that they are constantly monitored. And no smuggled irons are needed.
              1. +1
                15 February 2018 21: 10
                I do not agree - the game will not be installed, the child will not play the cat. And so on all games and programs.
                You need to disconnect the Internet when using games and programs with such conditions. I played a toy, close it and use the Internet. Well, you can’t get your share of advertising and other junk without the Internet. And you must also turn off geodata.
                1. +1
                  15 February 2018 23: 32
                  Yeah, now here’s all this nine-year-old girl’s trying to explain.
            2. 0
              15 February 2018 22: 24
              Quote: just EXPL
              laughing in vain. and with the development of IT devices spy on you, this is a fact.
              and with the release of windows10 it's generally arrogance, this spy works insolently.


              Anek in the subject:
              And when I change a laptop or smartphone, do they change my wiretapping agent?
            3. +1
              16 February 2018 03: 43
              Dauzhzhzh
              Why are they really silent about their email, and even more so about the 10-ku - apparently they are right, democratically knocking, and the huywei is not signaling well ...
        2. +1
          15 February 2018 14: 55
          Quote: Anarchist
          Quote: Scoun
          I am writing from the "Korean".)))

          Are you sure? Koreans have long moved the production of smartphones to China! Samsung is no exception ...
          Quote: Scoun
          Come on and cunning-eyed
          Do you distinguish between them? Kalmyks cannot even distinguish them ...

          I have a Vietnamese assembly.)))
          I myself do not always distinguish the Kyrgyz from the Chinese)))


          More videos
          Chinese bugs found in St. Petersburg irons - Hi-Tech Mail.Ru
          hi-tech.mail.ru/news/iron-bugs/
          The fact of installing bugs in household appliances at customs was discovered. During weight reconciliation, each of the irons tested weighed several grams more than the weight specified by the manufacturer. Customs officers suspected something was wrong and decided to check what was hidden inside one of the devices. It turned out that there is a small chip with a Wi-Fi module. ... There were no obvious signs of an autopsy on them, which suggests the likelihood that the devices were originally intended for illegal purposes. Technical experts noted that “infected” irons can connect to non-password-protected Wi-Fi networks within a radius of 50-70 meters, that is, if circumstances are successful, they can cover a whole staircase. Network devices begin to search immediately after turning on
        3. 0
          15 February 2018 15: 40
          Well, let's just say, Yapi are different from Ketitesafe.
          often I can even distinguish yap from Korean (these seem to be stronger).
      2. +1
        15 February 2018 23: 42
        I don’t know this option, but I think it’s for the jealous to follow their wives.
        Too large a batch of irons was on that and caught.
    2. +5
      15 February 2018 14: 34
      Quote: Thrall
      "Apple" in collusion with the Pentagon

      Agree good . Plus the thief at the thief knows all the tricks and is afraid of leaking information through the channels worked out by him
    3. +3
      15 February 2018 14: 38
      So the “Apple” is gnawed in China ..
      Quote: Thrall
      "Apple" in collusion with the secret services
    4. +1
      15 February 2018 14: 55
      Quote: Thrall
      "Apple" in collusion with the secret services

      Of course, only special services of the USA should listen to Americans, don’t fig the Chinese not to go into their garden!
  2. +1
    15 February 2018 14: 31
    They had delusions of grandeur ... they still lived somehow ... now delusions of persecution ...
  3. +4
    15 February 2018 14: 33
    We need to take away "Apple" from Medvedev, after all, the chief minister! lol
    1. +5
      15 February 2018 14: 38
      And give him an exclusive steam tablet! Included in the set for kindling the haze! wassat
    2. +4
      15 February 2018 14: 41
      Let the Chinese know how foolish the prime minister is tossing in his spare time!
      Quote: afrikanez
      We need to take away "Apple" from Medvedev, after all, the chief minister! lol
  4. 0
    15 February 2018 14: 34
    Strong marketing move, you will not say anything ...
  5. +2
    15 February 2018 14: 36
    There, Lenovo was on the list initially, but then it was removed! This decision is already at least three months old!
  6. +2
    15 February 2018 14: 36
    But what about microcircuits in Chinese vacuum cleaners? Temasisegnehrskrytoy.
  7. +1
    15 February 2018 14: 44
    In general, I adore my Huawei HONOR 8, I immediately liked it. laughing
    1. HAM
      +2
      15 February 2018 14: 49
      You are not indifferent to him either !! tongue
  8. +1
    15 February 2018 14: 47
    Yes, sobsna and the bull's-eye apple are also collected in China /
    Yes, and servers and personal computers in the same place.
    Everything is now under the hood of the followers of Mao.
    1. 0
      15 February 2018 15: 00
      Quote: Livonetc
      Yes, sobsna and the bull's-eye apple are also collected in China /
      Yes, and servers and personal computers in the same place.
      Everything is now under the hood of the followers of Mao.

      At hand you wanted to say! From Chinese there are only hands at the factory! And the development and design of the United States.
  9. +2
    15 February 2018 14: 47
    But what, are there not China smartphones?
    1. 0
      16 February 2018 11: 46
      blackberry with assembly in Canada and Mexico (I have one, but blackberry all bent last year), sharpe (and other less well-known Japanese), there are samsungs assembled in Korea.
  10. 0
    15 February 2018 14: 47
    US intelligence agencies do not recommend citizens to use smartphones manufactured by China
    The hat is on the thief.
  11. +3
    15 February 2018 14: 47
    This creates prerequisites for maliciously altering or stealing information. It also creates opportunities for covert espionage,

    The head of the FBI forgot to add "Only we can do this!"
  12. +8
    15 February 2018 14: 47
    The apple (the "apple") is probably rubbing its palms, as they are trying to remove competitors from the mattress market.
  13. +2
    15 February 2018 14: 54
    Quote: HAM
    You are not indifferent to him either !!



    Well, check out then my video, shot at a corporate party last Friday on my phone’s camera. Please do not fall off the chair. laughing laughing hi

    PS I decided to put it on Youtube. By the way, the girls performed three more dances. good
    1. +2
      15 February 2018 15: 16
      What a good person does not mind +++ !!! hi
  14. +4
    15 February 2018 14: 59
    The heads of the FBI, the CIA and the NSA did not recommend that Americans use smartphones manufactured by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE, claiming that they threaten the country's security, CNN broadcasts to TASS.
    Late amersa, late ... give up!
  15. 0
    15 February 2018 15: 35
    Quote: Herkulesich
    What a good person does not mind +++ !!!

    -------------------
    You had to like it on Youtube. And then the views are on, but there is no reaction. laughing
  16. +1
    15 February 2018 15: 40
    The ban on the import of apples works wonders. Psheks won't let you lie
  17. 0
    15 February 2018 15: 52
    Are the United States worried that someone might copy their window and snapping methods of espionage? Still, they would have claimed copyright.
    Interestingly, American electronics manufacturers paid something for such anti-advertising and squeezing competitors out of the market? Or is it a shareware bonus for complicity in mass espionage?
  18. +1
    15 February 2018 16: 30
    it's nice that the officials not only went with us
  19. 0
    15 February 2018 16: 36
    Quote: Scoun
    Quote: Anarchist
    Quote: Scoun
    I am writing from the "Korean".)))

    Are you sure? Koreans have long moved the production of smartphones to China! Samsung is no exception ...
    Quote: Scoun
    Come on and cunning-eyed
    Do you distinguish between them? Kalmyks cannot even distinguish them ...

    I have a Vietnamese assembly.)))
    I myself do not always distinguish the Kyrgyz from the Chinese)))


    More videos
    Chinese bugs found in St. Petersburg irons - Hi-Tech Mail.Ru
    hi-tech.mail.ru/news/iron-bugs/
    The fact of installing bugs in household appliances at customs was discovered. During weight reconciliation, each of the irons tested weighed several grams more than the weight specified by the manufacturer. Customs officers suspected something was wrong and decided to check what was hidden inside one of the devices. It turned out that there is a small chip with a Wi-Fi module. ... There were no obvious signs of an autopsy on them, which suggests the likelihood that the devices were originally intended for illegal purposes. Technical experts noted that “infected” irons can connect to non-password-protected Wi-Fi networks within a radius of 50-70 meters, that is, if circumstances are successful, they can cover a whole staircase. Network devices begin to search immediately after turning on

    To go nuts ... these are customs officers! A few grams were distinguished! They were awarded the orders of Russia and cursed in China? By golly, it looks like a fable ...
  20. 0
    15 February 2018 20: 22
    I work on the Latvian railway, an intranet is used to exchange corporate confidential information, security specialists work intensively. Recently, workers were warned by smartphones of which brands and models that they secretly transmit information from the gadget from the user to someone unknown, an order: not to use them at work.
    android mobile
    good afternoon
    We would like to inform you that, based on the information of Cert.lv (Institute for the Prevention of Information Technology Security Incidents), LZD employees using Android OS of specific mobile phone models (list below) that send different data to third-party servers without the user's permission.

    List of smartphone models
    Acer B3-A20B MyPhone L Line
    Alps VK800X NewBund Apollo Lite
    ASUS Z00VD NewBund Apollo Lite
    Blackview BV5000 Nous NS5003
    Coolpad E570 OUKITEL K4000
    CUBOT_NOTE S OUKITEL K4000 Pro
    CUBOT X17 OUKITEL K6000
    Elephone P8000 OUKITEL K6000 Pro
    Elephone S2 OUKITEL K10000
    Elephone P6000 OV-Vertis
    Elite 1 Prestigio PSP3504DUO
    GIGABYTE Classic Pro Prestigio PSP5551DUO
    HUAWEI CUN-L21 SISWOO C50
    JUST5 BLASTER Sony E5603
    JUST5 BLASTER2 Ulefone Paris
    JUST5 FREEDOM Ulefone Paris POST
    JUST5 FREEDOM X1 UMI ROME X
    JUST5 SPACER2 UMI MAX
    LENOVO A8-50L UMI SUPER
    LENOVO TB3-710F Vernee Thor
    LENOVO TB3-850M Xiaomi RedmiNote2
    LENOVO TB3-X70L Xiaomi RedmiNote3
    Lenovo X2-EU ZTE T620
    Lenovo T 10F

    If you use any of the mentioned models, we recommend not using the corporate information system, remote connection (VPN), LDZ e-mail. Also evaluate the use of passwords, access and other confidential data using these phones.
    IMPORTANT! Data security check of other phone models did not reveal violations
    (My translation. I apologize if not quite literary.)
  21. 0
    15 February 2018 22: 22
    Probably, it’s more difficult for them to monitor their citizens through Chinese smartphones ...
  22. +1
    16 February 2018 06: 26
    Well, the "Apple" will press the Katayans, and what ??? !!! ... China will begin an aggressive marketing policy in other countries so as not to lose revenue, and then the Americans will completely "smoke")))) ... The FSA market is not rubber ))) !!

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