Re: Proof that Huawei is spying on people!!
The story is about network kit, not consumer devices.
On a consumer device, you get spied on by software. AKA spyware. See this week's whatsapp story for a really big example.
And what that article describes is perfectly normal: many things on a modern consumer device routinely communicate back home (how do you think your PC or phone knows when there's an update available for the OS or any of the apps you have installed)? It even says he uses a password manager, which explains what is keeping a backup of his passwords.
Of course the fact that it's perfectly normal doesn't preclude it *also* being shady: that's a big grey area, and a subject that regularly comes up in El Reg. But to suggest he's discovered something that wouldn't happen on any other android device in the world needs a lot more than that to justify it.