Current Events > Microsoft: Trump's Huawei ban makes no sense

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-top-lawyer-trumps-huawei-ban-makes-no-sense/

The US's Huawei trade blacklist has been in place for almost half a year. Now Microsoft's top lawyer and president Brad Smith says the US government should provide evidence for cutting off the Chinese company from US technology.

Smith said the current restrictions on Huawei, the world's second-largest smartphone maker, are wrong.

In May the US Department of Commerce put Huawei on the Entity List, effectively banning all Western firms from supplying it technology.

Smith told Bloomberg Businessweek that the ban shouldn't be imposed without a "sound basis in fact, logic, and the rule of law".

The official line from the Whitehouse is that Huawei is a genuine national security threat to the US. However, Smith said the US government has shown Microsoft which supplies Windows 10 for Huawei PCs no evidence to back up the current stance.

"Oftentimes, what we get in response is, 'Well, if you knew what we knew, you would agree with us'," he said. "And our answer is, 'Great, show us what you know so we can decide for ourselves. That's the way this country works'."

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Thats not how you spell Hawaii
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TrowaBarton7 posted...

However, Smith said the US government has shown Microsoft which supplies Windows 10 for Huawei PCs no evidence to back up the current stance.

Does it make sense to give groups of people at every technology company top secret clearance when things become economically inconvenient for them or what?
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Kombucha posted...

Does it make sense to give groups of people at every technology company top secret clearance when things become economically inconvenient for them or what?

Rulings like that still need some sort of legal explanation, not just "we hate China"

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bover_87 posted...

Kombucha posted...

Does it make sense to give groups of people at every technology company top secret clearance when things become economically inconvenient for them or what?

Rulings like that still need some sort of legal explanation, not just "we hate China"

This is one of the few instances where the administration and intelligence agencies unanimously agree on something, so it's not like there is reason to suspect the intelligence agencies are in some kind of underhanded dealing with the administration when they've literally been acknowledging Russian interference even if it's politically toxic for the administration. They have all forwarded serious claims about the company and have provided public instances where the company installed backdoors in camera systems and other goods.
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R1masher posted...

Thats not how you spell Hawaii

Lol

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TrowaBarton7 posted...

"Oftentimes, what we get in response is, 'Well, if you knew what we knew, you would agree with us'," he said. "And our answer is, 'Great, show us what you know so we can decide for ourselves. That's the way this country works'."

american gov is an enemy of the human race
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