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I don't know if France is the top industrial espionage offender. TBH, I doubt it. But yes, it has been well documented that my home country is very pro-active w
by acatton 3y ago
I don't know if France is the top industrial espionage offender. TBH, I doubt it. But yes, it has been well documented that my home country is very pro-active with industrial espionage. If you understand french I recommend the Spécial Investigation documentary "Espions privés: barbouze 2.0".
However, linking the raid of Nvidia's offices to industrial espionage is a fantasy. It's well known that:
• French companies mostly spy on their French competitors (Renault spies on PSA and vice-versa)
• France mostly, if not exclusively, spies in sectors they can compete or are trying to compete. (Aerospace, Car, Pharma, ...)
Nvidia is not a French company and has no french competitors. France doesn't have a tech sector. So your conspiracy theory is very unlikely. STMicroelectronics has no interest or ability to manufacture GPUs.
- quadcore 3y agoI came to find an answer to this question: why the heck do France care about nVidia?
- capableweb 3y agoWell, they do business in France, don't they? So they need to follow French law. Seems in this case, French authorities think they didn't follow French law, so French law enforcement got involved. Seems pretty simple.