According to Huawei Ban, Google threatens US national security by forcing the Chinese technology giant to create an insecure exploitation system

Google warns the US government that its ban on China's Huawei technology giant is endangering US national security by forcing it to produce an unsecured operating system that could be exploited by bad actors, both governments as intruders. So says a new report from the Financial Times, which gives an overview of lobbying efforts behind the scenes of the new cold war in the world of technology.

Companies such as Google, Intel, Broadcom, Qualcomm and others were brutally asked to stop doing business with Huawei last month, fearing that the Chinese telecommunications company would theoretically provide the Chinese government with the means to spy on citizens. US. But apparently Google would argue that by forcing Huawei to create its own "hybrid" version of the Android operating system, Huawei smartphones are becoming much more vulnerable to attack.

"Google argued that by not ceasing to deal with Huawei, the United States could create two types of Android operating system: the genuine version and a hybrid system. The hybrid is likely to contain more bugs than Google, and could therefore expose more Huawei phones to piracy, including China, "said an unidentified source knowing the conversations between Google and the US government. the Financial Times.

Huawei would work on its own operating system because it will lose access to Google's Android operating system in less than three months. Huawei will probably create its hybrid operating system using, at least in part, the open source version of Android.

From the Financial Times:

In recent weeks, Google officials have contacted the Commerce Department to request either another extension or a total ban exemption, according to information provided during the conversations. In doing so, he joined groups representing leading US microchip manufacturers such as Qualcomm, who are also concerned about the impact of the ban on their activities.

A Commerce Department official said his office of industry and security regularly responded to "inquiries from companies regarding the scope of regulatory requirements," in order to "ensure compliance of the private sector "to export controls.

"This is not new to this administration, and these discussions do not influence the actions of the forces of order," said the person. "The highest priority of the department and the BIS is the protection of the security of our country."

Google has not confirmed or denied the report on its lobbying efforts with Gizmodo, but it seems to have implied that the Financial Times report was accurate.

"Like other US companies, we are working with the Ministry of Commerce to make sure we fully comply with its requirements and its temporary license," Google told Gizmodo this morning via email.

"Our goal is to protect the security of Google users on the millions of existing Huawei handsets in the US and around the world."

But the battle of Huawei is not the only problem that Google faces on the American political scene these days. The US Department of Justice is likely to open an antitrust investigation into the company, the Judiciary Committee of the House opens its own investigation, and US politicians like Ted Cruz are interfering with the latest controversy over YouTube, owned by Google.

Silicon Valley has been far better protected from political struggles in the United States than in countries like Europe, simply because Big Tech has a competitive advantage. Previously, US politicians did not want to sue companies like Facebook and Google because they were US companies that were making a lot of money for Americans. But that has obviously changed in the world of Trump. The president even went on a prosecution to AT & T, calling for a boycott of the company as it owns CNN, which Trump constantly calls "fake news".

With big Democratic contenders like Elizabeth Warren calling for the breakup of Big Tech, both sides of the aisle are attacking companies like Google, in ways we have never seen before. And their advantage on the ground will probably be worthless, as we enter a new decade and the New Cold War shows no signs of slowing down.