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It wouldn't be very secret if it was published on the internet. It's definitely a credible concern given the level of control China demands of companies operating in the country. The US also essentially has backdoors into most communication, and possibly phones as well, so it's not that crazy for China to also have them.

China is also very aggressive in hacking into companies. Even if they didn't have a custom backdoor, them finding a way in and essentially banning Huawei from fixing it, is another option.

Yes.

Also phones made in the US have back doors that the US government can access. It’s not really secret.

They're definitely grabbing analytics and statistics. But so is AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Apple, Amazon, Samsung, Google, Microsoft.

If the Chinese government asked any of those other companies to give them all the data they have on you in particular, They probably tell them to get bent.

But if the US government told them to do it, they would comply and then have a gag order slapped against them to keep them from telling you it happened.

Huawei is beholden to the Chinese government. So it works kind of in the opposite way.

Short answer is "likely".

If you work in a field with sensitive data (financial, healthcare, technology, politics) you don't get a phone designed by a China-government owned company.

I don't have any specific knowledge regarding the specific question, but:

I would rather expect a frontdoor.

If Lenovo's multiple rootkit fiascos are anything to go by for Chinese-corporation-designed electronics, yes.

not trying to argue 'both-sides', but most likely so does the US government/five eyes/whatever for android (and sometimes ios)

Probably, but iPhones and Android have them for the Five Eyes and anyone else who is willing to pay/push for laws to make it happen. All you do with a phone is pick your poison, do you want China to spy on you, or America, the UK, or some other government or company who then sells it to the highest bidder.

Any cell phone, dumb or smart, is a tracking device. The smarter it is, the better it is as snooping on you. Doesn't matter how or where the phone's hardware is made, it's going to track you without consent. You just need to ask "Am I worried about China or am I worried about another government?" to even "If the backdoor is big enough, can third parties get me too as I walk by on the street?"

Not a backdoor, a loading dock

On the same vein, do wo know if Intel Management Engine is a NSA backdoor?
I keep hearing about the potential of it beeing a back door, but haven't heard an exploit using it roaming about the interwebs

Probably. Also, look at myactivity.google.com . Any info you have there can be handed over to a government

Probably a garage door.

It doesn't matter if it's a Huawei or some American phone, China, USA and others will spy on you no matter what phone you choose only the means differ. If you buy a Huawei china will have backdoors in your phone and the USA will buy all your info and if you get an American phone the USA will have backdoors and china will buy the data.

Also I find the focus on china kinda weird. I ultimately don't want anyone stealing my data, not even the USA. Just like china the USA has been involved in mass surveillance and a lot of war crimes. For example American soldiers have been found guilty of rapping and killing children. From Wikipedia (United States war crimes > war on terror > Iraq war):

On 12 March 2006, a 14-year-old Iraqi girl named Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi was raped and subsequently murdered along with her 34-year-old mother Fakhriyah Taha Muhasen, 45-year-old father Qassim Hamza Raheem, and 6-year-old sister Hadeel Qassim Hamza al-Janabi.

After all of that I want to ask you one question, do you really want the USA sterling your data?
Also what you answer that question with doesn't matter since both china and the USA will be stealing your data no matter if you want it or which phone you buy.

As a final note I should maybe mention that I'm not American if you haven't figured that out yet. Also please don't accuse me of spreading Chinese propaganda. I'm advocating against the USA and the CIA, not for china.

Also sorry for being so political in a kind of not that political thread.

if they don't, it's the only phones without.

Are you the FBI? You have to tell us, you can't lie.

Have no idea...all I know is, everything is manufatcured in the PCR.

I'm sure it's nothing in comparison to what the CCP get from TikTok