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U.S. bans equipment from Huawei and ZTE, citing national security concerns

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Re: U.S. bans equipment from Huawei and ZTE, citing national security concerns

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What it is called when the US sells weapons to European countries that are connected to the US network, share data and can only be activated by US officials?

Should their customers retaliate?

"we can do it, you can't"

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/23052/foreign-f-35-use...

Re: U.S. bans equipment from Huawei and ZTE, citing national security concerns

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post #4

What it is called when the US sells weapons to European countries that are connected to the US network, share data and can only be activated by US officials? Should their customers retaliate? "we can do it, you can't" https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/23052/foreign-f-35-use...

It's called realpolitik.

Re: U.S. bans equipment from Huawei and ZTE, citing national security concerns

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post #4

What it is called when the US sells weapons to European countries that are connected to the US network, share data and can only be activated by US officials? Should their customers retaliate? "we can do it, you can't" https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/23052/foreign-f-35-use...

Its called digital rights management (DRM). Why should weapons systems be any different than consumer products in that regard?

Re: U.S. bans equipment from Huawei and ZTE, citing national security concerns

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Original source: https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-bans-authorizations-devices...

This covers Dahua, which I believe is the supplier that underlies cheap security cams like Amcrest, which have been a common choice for people who want local-only non-cloud cams for a long time.

Re: U.S. bans equipment from Huawei and ZTE, citing national security concerns

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post #4

What it is called when the US sells weapons to European countries that are connected to the US network, share data and can only be activated by US officials? Should their customers retaliate? "we can do it, you can't" https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/23052/foreign-f-35-use...

It's called the only 5th gen fighter jet Europe can buy

Re: U.S. bans equipment from Huawei and ZTE, citing national security concerns

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post #4

What it is called when the US sells weapons to European countries that are connected to the US network, share data and can only be activated by US officials? Should their customers retaliate? "we can do it, you can't" https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/23052/foreign-f-35-use...

> "we can do it, you can't"

Yes, exactly. The US knows full well how powerful that sort of control and access is, and other countries are (apparently) ok with that. The implicit social contract in the West is that the US maintains global peace anyway.

Obviously the US (and other countries) do not have similar levels of trust and cooperation with China, hence these sort of responses.

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