Russia wants to replace US computer chips with local processors

Re:Russia wants to replace US computer chips with local proc... by vitd on Saturday June 21, 2014 @01:57PM (#7925594)

The cynic in me says that they don't want to avoid the US's surveillance so much as they want to insert their own. If it were another European country, I might assume otherwise, but Russia?

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Re:Russia wants to replace US computer chips with local proc... by iSnow on Saturday June 21, 2014 @03:00PM (#7925766)

If the Itar-tass article is right, this makes no sense because the chips are destined for government computers and state-run companies. There are probably easier ways to snoop on those computers.

And why would Russia not be afraid of the NSA, after all they are a prime target.

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Re:Russia wants to replace US computer chips with local proc... by muuh-gnu on Saturday June 21, 2014 @04:09PM (#7925945)

European countries are not directly threatened militarily by the US, but Russia is. Europe is being merely exploited economically.

But even now that the Europeans are fully aware of being spied upon by the US, they can not do anything about it without hurting themselves in the process. Europeans are weaklings, and not willing to endure the smallest amount of pain, even to avoid bigger pain down the road.

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