The presence of a backdoor raises the issue of qualification of the hardware, especially if the same is an integral part of a country of critical structures such as communication systems. Many point to the company as under a fully government control, pointing out that Ren Zhengfei, the founder of the company, served as an engineer in the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army in the early 1980s. The company has received numerous allegations in the past, to name a few we think of its proximity to the government and the company has provided support in the implementation of censorship.”]