I think OPs point is that it's impossible to avoid foreign (to the US) influence. You're probably closer to agreeing than you are disagreeing.

Foreign or not is binary. There's no comparison because everything boils down to a 1 or a 0.

I think parent was saying that if someone has a problem with Wiz being ex 8200, they would have problems buying cybersecurity solutions in general because the more established companies founders with foreign non-allies background.

That is clearly a false equivalence though. Being born in a country is qualitatively different to working in a military unit requiring security clearance.

Well, US Admins treated Chinese-born Research Scientists who had lived in USA for 30-40 years in top-level US university akin to espionage ...

Perhaps the difference shrinks somewhat when the country you are born in has compulsory military service?

The difference does shrink, only to grow if one joins an elite unit that is highly selective. There has to be some enthusiasm involved, IMO.

Quick question: are you related to the bschmidt69 that is also a brand new account posting in this thread?

Never heard of him

What an amazing coincidence!