Google Warns Huawei’s Android Fork Could Leave the Door Open to Hackers

[Mohammad.Poorya]

National security is at risk, Google tells the US govtHuawei is currently developing its own operating system replace Android and Windows following the US government ban that forbids it from working with American companies.

And while this is pretty much the only way to go for Huawei given it’s no longer allowed to use Android, Google now warns that the Chinese company building its own OS could eventually affect national security.
A report from the Financial Times reveals that Google parent company Alphabet warned that the executive order signed by President Trump in May no longer allows the search giant to release Android patches to Huawei devices.
As a result, Huawei must build its own fork of Android, which would leave the door open to hackers because the Chinese firm doesn’t have the necessary know-how and tech to secure the platform against cyberattacks.

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