The beleaguered Chinese company, Huawei, has issued another warning to Canadians:
According to one report, cyber-espionage costs between $375 billion and $575 billion globally. Another report puts the cost at $445 billion.
Would a lawsuit cost that much?
Justin may be glad some of the heat has been taken off of him and Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou, and may even be glad to hear that the British are fooling themselves when they claim that they can handle what they must acknowledge is spyware and cyber-attacks. That doesn't change the fact that Huawei and the government it works for spy on others and their own citizens:
Their reach extends as far as Canada where Tibetan activists face threats almost constantly.
Why even risk it?
As the Trudeau government decides whether to join its security and trading partners in banning Huawei Canada from supplying technology to build Canada's 5G wireless network, it risks an expensive lawsuit under the terms of a foreign investor protection agreement signed by its predecessor.
According to one report, cyber-espionage costs between $375 billion and $575 billion globally. Another report puts the cost at $445 billion.
Would a lawsuit cost that much?
Justin may be glad some of the heat has been taken off of him and Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou, and may even be glad to hear that the British are fooling themselves when they claim that they can handle what they must acknowledge is spyware and cyber-attacks. That doesn't change the fact that Huawei and the government it works for spy on others and their own citizens:
A Chinese surveillance firm is tracking the movements of more than 2.5 million people in the far-western Xinjiang region, according to a data leak flagged by a Dutch internet expert.
An online database containing names, ID card numbers, birth dates and location data was left unprotected for months by Shenzhen-based facial-recognition technology company SenseNets Technology Ltd, according to Victor Gevers, co-founder of non-profit organization GDI.Foundation, who first noted the vulnerability in a series of social media posts last week.
Their reach extends as far as Canada where Tibetan activists face threats almost constantly.
Why even risk it?
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