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If I were a country that was not allied with the US, or otherwise feared potential power plays by the US against my nation, I would not use any closed source so
by Taek 9y ago
If I were a country that was not allied with the US, or otherwise feared potential power plays by the US against my nation, I would not use any closed source software originating from the US.
Same applies to China, to Russia, and any other nation with a well funded cybersecurity division.
A nation could order a software producer under their jurisdiction to write an automatic updater pushing malware to collect:
National secrets
Credentials
Access to critical systems
And who knows what else if we are being creative. We use our computers for everything. Coded source software, especially with automatic updates, is systemic risk and it's going to bite a lot of people really badly if a cyber-competent nation ever decides to initiate WW3