# A question about huawei products

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/a-question-about-huawei-products/13481
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** 2023-08-03T12:36:37Z
**Posts:** 6
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## Post 2 by @Average_Joe — 2024-04-23T10:13:15Z

> [@user6](#):
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> Hello i have a question about huawei laptops  
> I’m in the market for a laptop and because of bad availability in my country i don’t have too many options  
> i found this matebook 14s.  
> But i’m worried about possible backdoors as i’ve seen the controversy srounding huawei a few years ago I want to ask u guys who r better informed about privacy then me, should i stay away from it or should i buy it ?  
> Thank u in advance
> 
> ![Screenshot_2023-08-02-20-48-53-907_com.instagram.android_1](//forum-uploads.privacyguidesusercontent.com/original/2X/b/b0805ccbbfb61f70251f5b5764867dc0851f3dcf.jpeg)

Welcome to the community!

I’m not sure why nobody has replied to you because Huawei is a controversial company with it being banned in the USA.

This link covers the situation fairly well: [U.S. bans new Huawei, ZTE equipment sales, citing national security risk | Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-fcc-bans-equipment-sales-imports-zte-huawei-over-national-security-risk-2022-11-25/)

I’ve used a Huawei phone in the past and it was very durable and didn’t require a constant link to the Internet to access files.

This thread would be helpful to you:

> [@Are Chinese android OEMs unsecure?](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/are-chinese-android-oems-unsecure/17951/13):
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> This is satire, right ? There is only little you can do when having a Mainstream phone, so hardening it, be cautious, etc. might only make it 50% safer and more private, as the other 50% is all the closed source spyware that you can’t remove. The CA tip is good, although. Thanks for the sources, the Wired article looks quite interresting.

This post in particular will help you: [Are Chinese android OEMs unsecure? - #5 by anon80779245](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/are-chinese-android-oems-unsecure/17951/5)

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