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Re:Snowden leak: Cavium networking hardware may contain NSA ... by kube-system on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:45AM (#37580469)
It isn't. And I didn't say it was. But the current state isn't the ultimate risk that is being considered. The ultimate risk is war, under which both the US and China would invoke defense powers to compel industry to act in their respective nations' interest, and would apply wide sanctions.
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Re:Snowden leak: Cavium networking hardware may contain NSA ... by DiogenesKynikos on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @02:30AM (#37581042)
The zero-sum thinking of the Trump and Biden administrations, in which China is seen purely as a threat and all sorts of cooperation and economic integration are being rolled back, makes war more likely. The US is not compelled to ban Huawei and sanction all sorts of Chinese tech firms - that's a choice.
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