Thank Christ they aren’t sold here in the states. Can you imagine a Chinese owned tech in your pocket or in a form of an app used by millions? Oh god even worse, a US owned app or device in your pocket or a device listening to you in your home… /s
The least surprising thing about this news is that they announced they are in Afghanistan with decent enough service with all those mountain ranges. Why is this news?
Sorry not be a cynical duck about this news, but we have zero day chip incidents from China, known spyware being masked as social media, doesn’t matter where it comes from most if not all spy on you. And most companies admit it
Wait, I know you’re referencing /r/Pyongyang, but did those guys move over to Lemmy? I mean, a North Korean-owned instance for /c/Pyongyang (and other communities for North Korean topics, etc) is possible, perhaps even better for DPRK’s propaganda.
But then again, it might not make much sense for DPRK’s propaganda since… well, numbers.
Sure, but I’d rather Google spy on me to market my data for targeted ads than a country that runs literal concentration camps and is just across the Taiwan strait, basically a stone’s throw from where I live.
What a fucking grotesque company.
It’s a Chinese state company, and China has a vested interest in controlling,or at least influencing Afghanistan, so Russia can’t.
Thank Christ they aren’t sold here in the states. Can you imagine a Chinese owned tech in your pocket or in a form of an app used by millions? Oh god even worse, a US owned app or device in your pocket or a device listening to you in your home… /s
The least surprising thing about this news is that they announced they are in Afghanistan with decent enough service with all those mountain ranges. Why is this news?
Sorry not be a cynical duck about this news, but we have zero day chip incidents from China, known spyware being masked as social media, doesn’t matter where it comes from most if not all spy on you. And most companies admit it
You have been banned from c/Beijing
Wait, I know you’re referencing /r/Pyongyang, but did those guys move over to Lemmy? I mean, a North Korean-owned instance for /c/Pyongyang (and other communities for North Korean topics, etc) is possible, perhaps even better for DPRK’s propaganda.
But then again, it might not make much sense for DPRK’s propaganda since… well, numbers.
Sure, but I’d rather Google spy on me to market my data for targeted ads than a country that runs literal concentration camps and is just across the Taiwan strait, basically a stone’s throw from where I live.