From the Hacker News thread
Not that Huawei is the only and surely some other brands are even worse, but still Huawei phones are full of spyware, just open NetGuard or another example here : mobile.twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/1051…... But once again surely other brands, Western companies included, are also spying, but it doesn't change the fact that Huawei does it too.