[Analemma_]

> The world has to accept it.

Foreign countries can and do block American technology from sensitive sectors all the time. Your comment is especially inexplicable when the context is China, which blocks a whole host of American websites.

> (I assume they are, but there is no proof.)

I don't really understand your position here. You say yourself that Huawei devices are probably backdoored. I also believe this, and presumably the USG does as well. Given that Chinese corporations only exist if they are in the CPC's good graces, it is a reasonable assumption. Why is ironclad proof required before taking action then? Nobody is on trial here, there is no requirement for "proof beyond a reasonable doubt".

[binarray2000]

Indeed, foreign countries do block the US tech in sensitive areas. For example, Russia. Alleged partners (major EU and NATO members) do not, and they get spied on.

Also, in the case of USG we do not presume anymore, we know for a fact that it spies on both the US (which is illegal) and the rest of the world (which is scary).

For the rest of your comment, I have to refer you to the last paragraph of my previous comment.

[TheOsiris]

why is spying on the rest of the world scary? that's what they need to do

[binarray2000]

USA carries out mass surveillance (dragnet). It spies not on special foreign targets of interest but on every human being using electronic communications on this planet. Which means that only those who use smoke signals and pigeons have their privacy.

It is what Nazis did during WWII and what Stasi did in the ex DDR. Back then, the world - especially the so called "free world" - was appalled. And they did it "only" to their citizens.

It is not scary. I wanted to put it mildly. It is rogue!