I'm not even going to give this one the honor of even a simple direct response. Just because something is designed, made, and controlled by people in your own Nation doesn't make it any safer or better that what is being done elsewhere. China and it's people are no more friends or enemies than your own Nation or people are. Until you understand who the real enemy is you cannot successfully fight them, and once you know who they really are you'll see there's no way of winning anyway. As Walt Kelly said in a 'Pogo' comic long ago "We have met the enemy, and he is us"
Phil
First ... bwaaaaaaahahahahha!!! You have an idealistic bent that is kinda charming in an ignorantly naive sort of way. As they say, ignorance is bliss ... amirite?
Second ... way to skirt REAL actual issues with some tired, irrelevant and generalistic platitudes.
Third ... prove the stuff you spout. Walk the talk. SS#, name, address, phone, bank accounts etc ... post them right here, right now. You don’t care, right? Nothing to see, right? So just do it. Else, you’re only confirming your own bs.
This topic is about a COMMUNIST army having hooks into a secretive COMPANY with a proven history of STEALING western business and military intel and sharing it with sworn enemies of DEMOCRACY, among other things. This is not about other random companies, products, the Chinese people, or China as a whole. Nobody is saying all of China or Chinese companies have the same intent or hidden agendas. Do you understand nuance?
Like I said, you either believe what YOUR government is telling you, or what that OTHER government is telling you. You choose.
And, btw, you people who proudly tout your phones from 1955 ... umm, you look ... foolish. Modern devices are not “phones” in the traditional sense. They’re supercomputers thousands of times more powerful at a fraction of the cost and size from just a few decades ago. Among the countless things they’re able to do, ONE of them happens to be making phone calls. The fact that you brag about your failure to comprehend that concept reveals a ton about you.