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Re:China allegedly dumps bad chips on Russia by larryliu on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @10:12AM (#33262473)
Russian agents set up shell companies that hide their Russian nexus. IC vendors don't really background check cash buyers.

Many ICs are sold in open markets like this: https://n.sinaimg.cn/sinakd10114/107/w1024h683/20220819/c5a8...

Cash and carry, no fux given. You cannot sanction an open market like you cannot sanction open source software.

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Re:China allegedly dumps bad chips on Russia by nieve on Thursday October 20, 2022 @02:09AM (#33271390)
But similarly you can't be sure what you're buying in a market like that.
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