[casual_slacker]

It concerns me how 5G has a huge PR push behind it, while academic papers seem to be in a state of confusion and uncertainty, particularly around the 50GHz line (most 5G standards, including the current EU standard, is only up to 27GHz, but the US allows up to 86GHz)

The most reputable papers I'm aware of are

> Frequency and Irradiation Time-dependant Antiproliferative Effect of Low-power Millimeter Waves on RPMI 7932 Human Melanoma Cell Line (2005)

> Effects of Millimeter Wave Exposure on Termite Behavior (2011)

[d2161]

How quick that the US forgot the NSA spied on everyone -.-

[elp]

Lets also not forget that an amazingly large amount of the time its Cisco that replaces the Huawei kit.

When the biggest intelligence agency on the planet, the one who got caught bugging its allies, starts acting as as salesman for a very specific brand of networking equipment you really do have to ask why.

[zxcmx]

Given premises: a) state with a hand in supplying gear will have a natural "home advantage" spying AND b)"everyone spies / does sigint" and c) it is basically impossible to detect a well-engineered backdoor then:

1) I believe we don't have to be cynical about the U.S. pushing say, Cisco, it makes perfect sense; I don't think that agenda is actually hidden. 2) It makes perfect sense to choose gear for critical infra based on which supplier states you believe will do you the least harm.