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Apple's Tim Cook demands Chinese spy chip story to be retracted by Bloomberg
MSN News ^ | 8 hrs ago | Christopher Carbone

Posted on 10/19/2018 8:30:42 PM PDT by cba123

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Bloomberg issued a statement to Buzzfeed, saying it stands by its reporting, which included spending more than a year on the story and more than 100 interviews. “Seventeen individual sources, including government officials and insiders at the companies, confirmed the manipulation of hardware and other elements of the attacks," the spokesman told the news organization. "We also published three companies’ full statements, as well as a statement from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We stand by our story and are confident in our reporting and sources.

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Still not clear, who is telling the truth here...

And who to trust?

Apple, which is outsourcing so many jobs to China?

Or Bloomberg, which is run by … Bloomberg.

Decisions, decisions.

1 posted on 10/19/2018 8:30:42 PM PDT by cba123
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/apples-tim-cook-demands-chinese-spy-chip-story-to-be-retracted-by-bloomberg/ar-BBOCams?ocid=spartandhp


2 posted on 10/19/2018 8:31:04 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: cba123

It’s spy stuff. You can’t trust any of them- or anyone else.


3 posted on 10/19/2018 8:35:30 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: cba123

I won’t buy an Apple thanks to the news from Buzzfeed and Bloomberg.


4 posted on 10/19/2018 8:42:48 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: mrsmith

Kinda funny to hear someone ask for a story to be pulled in an age where Fake News is celebrated.


5 posted on 10/19/2018 8:49:51 PM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: cba123

Where is SuperMicro on this? They are a Taiwan-based company that was responsible for the manufacture of the servers. They have a LOT more to lose. I once owned a Supermicro motherboard, in part because they weren’t made in Red China in the 90s. (For the record, dual Pentium II 400Mhz with 256mb DIMMs and AGP 2x, plus a PCI modem card, 68 pin SCSI internal HDs.


6 posted on 10/19/2018 8:50:14 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: cba123

Nothing to see here, right or wrong, Cook is simply covering his ass. Oops, wrong word—or the right one?


7 posted on 10/19/2018 8:58:44 PM PDT by Fungi
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Apple, which is outsourcing so many jobs to China?

Fake news. Apple has not outsourced any jobs to China. Their only employees there are salespeople at Apple stores in China. This fake crap keeps coming up, and nothing is said about other companies who actually build factories in China and directly employ Chinese manufacturers.

8 posted on 10/19/2018 9:09:36 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: cba123

Tim Cook to self: “Humm, how can I get tons of free publicity like I did when I refused to help crack Syed Farook’s (the San Bernadino terrorist) cell phone...?”


9 posted on 10/19/2018 9:11:43 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: roadcat

You are right, of course.

My misstatement.

Apple sells phones which are made in China, by Foxconn (I believe)

You are right. Apple does not actually make anything.

They just collect billions of dollars.

:D


10 posted on 10/19/2018 9:17:41 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: cba123

Maybe apple should build their chips in America to avoid this being viewed as real


11 posted on 10/19/2018 9:21:56 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: cba123

Bloomberg


12 posted on 10/19/2018 9:29:39 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: cba123

By the way.

That post is a joke.

Sort of...


13 posted on 10/19/2018 9:30:18 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: Swordmaker

*ping*


14 posted on 10/19/2018 9:31:53 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: Dr. Sivana
SuperMicro is a US based company with HQ in San Jose.

Google Maps

15 posted on 10/19/2018 9:47:17 PM PDT by Wayne07
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To: cba123

That was a scary article, but someone should have come forward by now with a Supermicro motherboard with an installed spy chip. Has that happened?


16 posted on 10/19/2018 9:49:24 PM PDT by TChad
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To: cba123

Now, now, Bloomberg is honest as the day is long. Right?


17 posted on 10/19/2018 9:51:42 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Wayne07
Super Micro Computer, Inc, doing business as Supermicro, is a Taiwanese-American founded information technology company based in San Jose, California. Wikipedia

At the time of my purchase, I recall manufacturing being done in Taiwan.
18 posted on 10/19/2018 9:56:48 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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Maybe apple should build their chips in America to avoid this being viewed as real

They already are using chips made in America, it's just that you aren't looking, as usual. Last time I was in Austin, I noticed a chip plant there that supplies chips to Apple. By the way, Austin is in Texas. Other chips supplied to Apple by Texas Instruments, Fairchild and Maxim Integrated in the United States. Other companies also supplying components to Apple made in the USA and around the world outside China. As well as many American companies supplying components to Apple although those companies may outsource outside the USA.

You're just focusing on trying to make Apple look bad while ignoring other American companies that actually don't use American made components.

19 posted on 10/19/2018 10:22:48 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

Why, you want a no-warrant gov’t backdoor to all your data?


20 posted on 10/19/2018 10:36:33 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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