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Oracle, Palantir, Symantec and IBM have close links with American intelligence agencies. Perhaps all non-American countries should ban the use of their product
by Ice_cream_suit 9y ago
Oracle, Palantir, Symantec and IBM have close links with American intelligence agencies.
Perhaps all non-American countries should ban the use of their products.
- danmaz74 9y agoI suppose that countries which have open conflicts with the US would be wise to do that. But I also think they already know.
- themihai 9y agoThat wouldn't be smart unless they consider US a hostile country. As long as they benefit more from the relation with the US the spying stuff won't ban any US product.
- nkozyra 9y agoSure. But I think most people operate on realistic threat and risk models. If the U.S. had as vast and entangled a relationship with U.S. software companies and espionage as does Russia, that might make sense. As it stands, probably not so much ...
- JohnStrange 9y agoThey didn't ban the use in general, people are free to continue Kaspersky privately. They banned the use by US government agencies. Of course, other governments should ban the use of US products if they believe that the US might use them as entry doors for espionage. It boils down to whom you consider your ally or not.
- empath75 9y agoIf you're a non American government agency using American software or hardware you should absolutely be concerned about American intelligence services co-oping them. I think every government should be wary about using software from an adversarial country.