The Trump administration’s decision to block American companies from providing software and components to Huawei will not actually make the U.S. more secure, according to a majority of experts surveyed by The Post. The Commerce Department imposed that ban last month as part of a broad government effort to punish Huawei over concerns it’s helping the Chinese government spy on U.S. companies. But cybersecurity experts worry the ban will hurt U.S. tech companies more than it hurts the Chinese telecom giant — and will diminish U.S. influence over the security of new technologies. Even some supporters of the ban, however, worried it might have some negative outcomes for global cybersecurity. Huawei has consistently denied assisting Chinese government spying and the U.S. government has never produced smoking-gun evidence to prove otherwise.

Source: National Post June 04, 2019 11:37 UTC