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Originally Posted by BWinmill
Is the Chinese government the culprit here? Don't get me wrong, they are as guilty of tracking the activities of people as other governments. On the other hand, these invasive practices are not the domain of governments alone. I routinely configure and modify my devices to limit what they leak and who they leak to simply because it is also a common practice among businesses.
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Yeah, that post was typed out in a hurry and I should have expanded.
They're more likely the culprit then the NSA, and since the person I was responding to was conflating businesses and governmental agencies I just went with that assumption and didn't try to rebut it. The complex world of business-government deals is tricky and if someone is just going to assume they're all the same it would take a major off-topic debate to get all the facts straightened out. My post was more aimed at 'if you're going to blame a governmental agency, blame the right one, because the US doesn't run the planet'.
The Chinese government at the very least is fostering an environment where this kind of thing is acceptable and expected...and for a major international Chinese company to put out a product that hijacks all encrypted connections, I would be very surprised if the government weren't involved somewhere.
You're right that this could easily simply be a business-as-stupid-as-usual screwup, though.