Not only is this real, it's not even the tip of the iceberg. The chinese factories manufacturing switches and routers since the 1990's inserted backdoors into all of it. Yes, that's right, every Cisco router sold for 20 years was pwned at the factory by the chinese. Why do you think Google and Amazon started making their own routers for their DC's?
Cisco also is owned by the NSA. In general, every electronic device is. Cellphones manufactured here are required by law to carry functionality enabling it.
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Empire_of_the_mind ago
Not only is this real, it's not even the tip of the iceberg. The chinese factories manufacturing switches and routers since the 1990's inserted backdoors into all of it. Yes, that's right, every Cisco router sold for 20 years was pwned at the factory by the chinese. Why do you think Google and Amazon started making their own routers for their DC's?
glennvtx ago
Cisco also is owned by the NSA. In general, every electronic device is. Cellphones manufactured here are required by law to carry functionality enabling it.