That is fair, but the threat model is pretty open too, right? In a few hours in a room we could come up with a pretty credible one I bet. * hardware * deep

That is fair, but the threat model is pretty open too, right? In a few hours in a room we could come up with a pretty credible one I bet. * hardware * deep backdoors in radio chips * physical supply chain TM goes here * etc etc * software * we can audit and monitor this easier * etc There is a lot to read between the lines, but it is guess work based on supply chain advisories and high level behaviors of govt entities on both sides and our community is good at missing the forest for the trees on this speculative thinking. I think also there is the possibility of minimal actual wrong doing. It could just be entirely political. Ahh well, I guess I have seen enough of this over the years that I accept there is stuff we will never learn about.