DON'T USE HUAWEI PHONES, WARNS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES

The heads of six major US intelligence agencies have warned that American citizens shouldn’t use products and services made by Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE. According to a report from CNBC, the intelligence chiefs made the recommendation during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday. The group included the heads of the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, and the director of national intelligence.

This was announced at a Senate Intelligence Committee, The intelligence agencies that have warned USA citizens against using of Huawei Phones include FBI, The CIA, The NSA, the director of National Intelligence and other leading intelligence authorities.The USA intelligence agencies believe that Chinese government is spying on USA people via these phones. Thus to safeguard USA’s national security the warning is given to avoid using Chinese manufactured phones.In 2014 US did officially banned Huawei Products but Huawei decided to launch its mate-10 pro phone in collaboration with AT&T. The deal was withdrawn because of immense government pressure.

The director of FBI Chris Wray said, “The government was deeply concerned about the risks of allowing any company or entity that is beholden to foreign governments that don’t share. But the USA officials feel that it is unsafe to use it. A USA congressman has given a suggestion to pass a bill to officially ban Huawei for government workers.Huawei and ZTE are successfully running its business in China and Europe but USA intelligence feels that phones by these companies are “effectively an arm of the Chinese Government”.

But the company has never been able to make inroads in the lucrative American market, a failure which is in part due to hostility from the US government. Last month, Huawei planned to launch its new Mate 10 Pro flagship in the US through AT&T, but the carrier pulled out of the deal at the last minute, reportedly due to political pressure. The decision prompted Huawei’s CEO Richard Yu to go off-script during a speech at CES, describing the move as a “big loss” for the company, but a bigger loss for consumers.


Huawei is still trying to sell the Mate 10 Pro unlocked in the US, but this effort seems to have pushed the company to desperate measures — including getting users to write fake reviews for the handset.
In response to these comments, a spokesperson for Huawei told CNBC: ”Huawei is aware of a range of U.S. government activities seemingly aimed at inhibiting Huawei’s business in the U.S. market. Huawei is trusted by governments and customers in 170 countries worldwide and poses no greater cybersecurity risk than any ICT vendor, sharing as we do common global supply chains and production capabilities.”

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