Google announced a new phone today, the manufacturing of which they are being extremely coy. It turns out, it’s made by Huawei, the telecommunications company from China once accused of manufacturing products with the intention of spying on Americans for China.
Coincidentally, a year after the story broke about Huawei spying on Americans for the Chinese, Edward Snowden “just happened to have” some information laying around saying the reverse was true. That America was spying on Huawei, not the other way around. You know, because coincidence or something?
Huawei has denied claims made by a former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief, Michael Hayden, that it has spied for the Chinese government.
Mr Hayden was quoted by the Australian Financial Review as saying that it was his “professional judgment” that the firm supplied intelligence to China.
However, Huawei said the claims were “unsubstantiated” and “defamatory”.
Huawei, one of the world’s biggest telecom equipment makers, has faced increased scrutiny in recent times.
Last year, US politicians claimed that the company posed a security threat because of its alleged links to China’s government and military.