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Re:Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. C... by Qem on Friday January 16, 2026 @11:37AM (#46648383)
> Let's hope those chicken never come home to roost.

Bare minimum it gives chinese tech suppliers a great pitch to convince buyers to choose their products over US suppliers. Even if theirs are also full of backdoors, at least they have no history of taking advantage of them to kidnap heads of state far away.

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Re:Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. C... by ericmay on Friday January 16, 2026 @11:52AM (#46648572)
> at least they have no history of taking advantage of them to kidnap heads of state far away.

Ha. Someone else wrote:

> USA is only willing to fight very asymmetrical wars.

I say:

> China is only willing to kidnap defenseless people

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