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newsomix9xl
Security researchers find surveillance implants in Chinese-made routers sold worldwide — three different backdoor-like implants hidden in firmware
bigyabai
> sold worldwide — three different backdoor

Please don't use LLMs to copywrite a response to the article.

NekkoDroid
Is this some joke I am missing? Cuz their comment is just the entire title of the article since it was cut off in the post.
ThrowawayTestr
Water found in ocean
newsomix9xl
You mean "no surprise" or you mean "surveillance tool found in ocean of surveillance" or both?
JohnnyLarue
If there's no oversight of tech companies, this is just what they do - they think they're adding features that will help them compete, but since they don't have a security focus, they rely on obscurity.
newsomix9xl
I think Chinese companies are all joint state owned enterprises or similar.
cyanydeez
Dont blame on malice which is equally explained by capitalism.

Flock didnt just start a surveillance system in the US by themselves.

newsomix9xl
So, the poster said unsupervised companies will surveil to gain an advantage.

I suggested Chinese companies aren't unsupervised, but are in fact state owned and very supervised (Chinese state surveillance is well known).

You point out that surveillance is also a profit making business/product (flock).

You could point to google, meta, and AI as emerging or profitable surveillance tool products.

Does that mean Chinese products are engaged in free market surveillance and not state directed?