According to USA Today on February 1, 2018, China has been supposedly hacking into our wireless systems and listening in on phone calls. Now, don't worry, I'm pretty sure China has no interest in your phone calls with your grandma. With that said, there of course is still conflict with another country eavesdropping.
Trump has been pondering whether or not to nationalize the United States' 5G wireless network. Nationalizing the wireless network would hopefully limit the Chinese's influence, while minimizing the cyber threats. Sure, that sounds like a plan, but there's still realistic problems. For one, 5G phones and their cell towers won't be around until a few more years. Secondly, with the threat from China being diminished, would we have a safe network that protects us from our own government legally snooping?
Another major issue with this suggestion of nationalizing Federal 5G, is it potentially being monitored in Washington. This information wasn't announced, until a report exposed the leaked presentation made by a SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBER. If the government is incompetent to secure and protect their own officials, as stated above, how do they plan to organize and run a complete network for an entire nation?
Officials from the White House have denied the accusations for the plans of federal 5G as of now.
Classmates, this link intrigued me at a first glance because I had no knowledge of what federal 5G was. The government potentially having the capability to listen to our calls reminded me of people suddenly covering their webcams more now. How do we know our privacy isn't being violated already? Reading more into the article, I thought it was ironic how a member of national security got hacked and his information for federal 5G got leaked.