• zephyreks [none/use name]
    hexbear
    33
    9 months ago

    Anyone surprised by this is kidding themselves. Only a few countries have developed sophisticated cyberattack capabilities and even fewer are actually interested in China.

    Plus, ever since China went around and started executing CIA operatives in China, the US has been operating rather blind with regards to China.

      • zephyreks [none/use name]
        hexbear
        19
        9 months ago

        Russia, North Korea, Iran have no reason to launch cyberattacks on China. Neither does Israel, really (their capability is far more oriented towards, y'know, their immediate vicinity). We're left with the US and UK, but as we all know, the UK doesn't really have international power anymore and as a result has little reason to provoke China.

        • @LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml
          hexbear
          6
          9 months ago

          the UK doesn't really have international power anymore and as a result has little reason to provoke China.

          The UK does little else geopolitically right now other than provoke China.

    • Orcocracy [comrade/them]
      hexbear
      7
      9 months ago

      Yeah, also the TikTok clones on YouTube and Instagram, and Musk's plan to make Twitter/X a WeChat clone. The Americans have been stealing tech from China for a long time now.

  • @Alpharius@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    hexbear
    7
    9 months ago

    China crying when the US does the same thing in return. Why does the CCP act so childish ?

    No really why ? They are actively using exported digital and electronics goods to spy on everyone. They try to catch political dissidents outside their borders, spy on several government infrastructures and try to instigate a new form of colonialism in Africa, so what exactly are they crying about ?

    I really despise these hypocrites.

    • muddi [he/him]
      hexbear
      31
      9 months ago

      This is a bizarre reply. What would be the adult response for China after discovering cyber attacks carried out by the US government?

      • @Alpharius@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        hexbear
        3
        9 months ago

        Their whole political identity is being against the US. Other than that, a more "adult" response would be to not immediately accuse the US of everything bad that happened. Another problem with the CCP is that they refuse to say the truth when it isn't convenient to them, they are not transparent at all on their investigations and sources.

        • muddi [he/him]
          hexbear
          28
          9 months ago

          From what I read, it seems like they took over a year to investigate the cyber attack before making their conclusions public.

          Also I thought the party line was communism, not anti-Americanism.

          To be honest, this here doesn't seem that out-of-place in terms of how a sovereign nation would respond to a cyber attack by another sovereign nation.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
          hexbear
          19
          edit-2
          9 months ago

          Their whole political identity is being against (country)

          ONLY CHINESE BOTS DO THAT, NOT LIKE ME, THE MAIN CHARACTER maybe-later-honey

          Other than that, a more "adult"

          I AM THE ADULT IN THE ROOM, JUST LIKE THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM RATIONALIZING WAR CRIMES IN MY TV SHOWS maybe-later-honey

      • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
        hexbear
        22
        edit-2
        9 months ago

        colonialism is when you build bridges and train stations xigma-male

        non-colonialism is when you have 50+ military bases scattered across a foreign continent and keep all their cash in your banks and don't allow them to even withdraw it and you assassinate the last 10 democratically elected leaders who tried to change this arrangement nato-cool

        • @zephyreks@programming.dev
          hexbear
          5
          9 months ago

          But you see, bridges and train stations are clearly racist because they're built by Chinese people on time and on budget.

    • JuryNullification [he/him]
      hexbear
      21
      9 months ago

      They are actively using exported digital and electronics goods to spy on everyone.

      https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/nsa-reportedly-installing-spyware-on-us-made-hardware/

      They try to catch political dissidents outside their borders,

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange

      spy on several government infrastructures

      https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-security-agency-spied-merkel-other-top-european-officials-through-danish-2021-05-30/

      and try to instigate a new form of colonialism in Africa, so what exactly are they crying about ?

      https://www.africom.mil/

      I really despise these hypocrites.

      I’ll save you the trouble and put “Whatsboutism” here so you don’t even have to reply.

    • RuthlessCriticism [comrade/them]
      hexbear
      20
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      This, except its the other way around. The amount of American crying about cyberattacks is crazy given the amount of evidence they have provided.

    • TheGamingLuddite [none/use name]
      hexbear
      17
      9 months ago

      Chinese foreign policy has rarely deviated from moderate, trade-oriented and relatively apolitical over the past few decades. I think the massive allocation of US taxpayer funds toward negative coverage of China has swayed your opinion to the most hawkish extreme. None of these accusations really exist outside of the anglosphere and HK/Taiwan based Sinophone disinfo networks, however most of them are widely acknowledged as crimes that the US has committed in the very recent past in some capacity.

      • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
        hexbear
        15
        9 months ago

        this dude over here really had his "chinabad" switch turned on in 2018 and doesn't even realize it or remember what it was like in the before-fore times

      • @zephyreks@programming.dev
        hexbear
        5
        9 months ago

        Taiwanese media wasn't even that dedicated to Chinese disinformation up until like 2016 or whatever.

        Relations were normalizing across the strait smh.

    • comr [he/him]
      hexbear
      13
      9 months ago

      China does not take an interest in spying on the average westerner.