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Former Pentagon Analyst Says China Can Shut Down All The Telecom Gear It Sold To The US
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| Jun. 8, 2012
| F. Michael Maloof
Posted on 06/08/2012 11:48:29 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos
DUH! Like we didn’t know that you morons.
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posted on
06/08/2012 11:50:31 AM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: sam_paine
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posted on
06/08/2012 11:53:41 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1235 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
To: Mount Athos
What about all those iPhones and such?.............
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posted on
06/08/2012 11:53:59 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: Army Air Corps
To: Mount Athos
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posted on
06/08/2012 11:57:14 AM PDT
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 0bie don' t eat my dog!)
To: Red Badger
Yup...iPhone. at the precise moment, a previously unknown ap will run featuring a gif of Mao dancing accompanied by the Communist Party Song, “The East Is Red”
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posted on
06/08/2012 12:02:30 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: Mount Athos
Without even reading the entire article, likely are hard coded burned in chips that are hard to disable. Time to inventory all, one-by-one for replacement, and junk the Chinese sabotaging and espoinage equipment.
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posted on
06/08/2012 12:03:19 PM PDT
by
Red Steel
To: autumnraine
Doesn't matter now, they have us by the cajones. We don't even know the extent of the problem yet.
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posted on
06/08/2012 12:11:54 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(A closed eye mentality is the reason for our current reality)
To: Red Steel
Military systems that are supposed to be secure wouldn’t be on the public internet, so there would be no way for any Chinese parts to get the signal that they are supposed to shut down.
Still, it could really foul up the normal civilian internet which would wreak a hell of a lot of financial havoc.
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posted on
06/08/2012 12:11:54 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
To: Mount Athos
Whomever approved defense purchases from the Chinese is, at best” a “gross ignoramus”: 144 times worse than an ordinary ignoramus.
But most likely, they are simply a traitor, worthy of being shot on sight.
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posted on
06/08/2012 12:13:53 PM PDT
by
RatRipper
(I'll ride a turtle to work every day before I buy anything from Government Motors.)
To: wolfcreek
Unless this is being addressed, we’re beyond screwed. With no KY.
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posted on
06/08/2012 12:16:03 PM PDT
by
unkus
(Silence Is Consent)
To: BigEdLB
They could put software into the things that, upon a certain signal from China, would cause them all to shut down, or software that could allow them to eavesdrop on any conversations at will...........
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posted on
06/08/2012 12:16:22 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: Mount Athos; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
My distant cousin who is a high honcho in the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing (long story having to do with the Russian Jewish community in China after the Russian revolution) claims that the iPhones and the iPads among other electronics products manufactured in China have a secret back door that allows the Chinese government to listen in on the calls and the Internet connections. And they do, he says.
To: Mount Athos
We did the same to the Soviets when we sold Poland phone switching equipment with back doors that would have severed communications with their armies in Germany.
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posted on
06/08/2012 12:20:50 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(The means of defence against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home JM)
To: Mount Athos
Which is why anything important you send should be encrypted.
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posted on
06/08/2012 12:24:47 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: unkus
Make me think Russia, China or whoever could drop a few nukes in our laps before we even know what’s going on.
Another reason for Barry to take a hike.
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posted on
06/08/2012 12:26:53 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(A closed eye mentality is the reason for our current reality)
To: Mount Athos
Here’s an idea.
Stop buying Chinese shit!
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posted on
06/08/2012 12:29:34 PM PDT
by
panaxanax
(Voting 'Third Party' will ensure a Communist-Marxist-Socialist dominated Supreme Court!)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Military systems that are supposed to be secure wouldn’t be on the public internet, so there would be no way for any Chinese parts to get the signal that they are supposed to shut down. Right. I got the idea from the article that the military stupidly procured Chinese built equipment for their secure DSNET.
[Proudly posting on FR without reading the complete article since forever! ;-) ]
To: Red Steel
"
Time to inventory all, one-by-one for replacement,..."
Colossus will not be happy.
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posted on
06/08/2012 12:31:23 PM PDT
by
Drill Thrawl
(Another day. Another small provocation. Another step closer.)
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