How exactly if almost all network traffic these days run on TLSx.x, would huawei having a part in building infrastructure be “dangerous” for the average person (and the population at large)?
Wouldn’t SSL termination be needed at each person’s device to allow snooping? Or is there some deeper issue I’m missing?
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I’m a software engineer, not a cryptography expert. But one potential attack would be sabotaging a random number generator so the random numbers could be predicted. This might allow users who possess knowledge about the sabotage to crack cryptographic keys, etc.
The other problem is that the Chinese government maintains a high level of control of the corporations it allows to exist. Understandably, no one wants to disappear, or have a family member disappear, into the murky waters of the Chinese justice system. If the Chinese government wants a back-door, they’l have it.
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