Re: huawei

[Jimmy Hess <mysidia () gmail com>]

On 6/15/13, Scott Helms <khelms () zcorum com> wrote:
>  They're terrible places for gathering non-targeted information because the
> amount of data flowing through them means that that the likelihood of any
> give packet having any value is very very low.  If the goal includes
[snip]

The probability of a  low-likelihood or infrequent event approaches
100%,  given sufficient time, persistence, and creativity.    Even if
1%  or less of packets passing through are interesting;  that happens
to be more than enough  to provide a snoop gains, and cause damage to
a legitimate user.

The potential existence of 'better' options;  doesn't mean backdooring
of routers wouldn't be included in part of a nation state or other bad
actor's backdooring program.

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-JH