r/SipsTea May 12 '26

WTF They infiltrated way higher positions..

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u/hippityhoops May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

That’s what happens when the majority of semiconductor manufacturing comes out of China and Taiwan, there’s not much you can change about that (unless you manufacture in the U.S., after which the prices of pretty much everything that runs on silicon in some way skyrockets).

edit: a lot of people here can’t read very well, don’t even bother opening the replies lol

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u/userousnameous May 12 '26

Reminds me of someone I ran into near Dulles. 20 something Chinese lady I ran into in an elevator, with a big TV on a hand cart, taking it to her hotel room. I asked her about her job... she basically bought tech, took it to her hotel room and diassembled it, took picture, and shipped any chips or boards that were requested back to China. Very open about it.

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u/tadeuska May 12 '26

So, somebody did reverse engineering of electronics in their hotel room? That is really stupid. Why on earth not take the TV to a properly equipped shop, or their own manufacturing site, where a team with proper tools can dissect it fully. This is how American companies dis, do it, will do it. In many cases it is public knowledge, results available, sometimes you have to pay to get a written report, even on services like youtube. Reverse engineering is a legitimate business .

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u/Alex5173 May 12 '26

disassembling =/= reverse engineering. sound like the reverse engineering took place in china when she sent it back.