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President Trump creates export controls on "any and all critical software" Nov 1

23 points by dabockster 1y ago

iamnothere 1y ago
I wonder what this entails. Is an operating system critical? I would think so.
- cylinder714 1y ago
  The OpenBSD project is based in Calgary, btw.
  - dabockster 1y ago
    But both Windows and Mac OS are developed largely in the US. Could Trump unintentionally bring about the year of the Linux desktop?
    - anigbrowl 1y ago
      Isn't Linux widely adopted in China already?
      - dabockster 1y ago
        From what I understand, only on the server level (just like the West). Desktops are still largely Windows or Mac.
    - hulitu 1y ago
      > Could Trump unintentionally bring about the year of the Linux desktop? Linus lives in the US.
  - iamnothere 1y ago
    I am hopeful that the US doesn’t attempt to force its sanctions enforcement upon “allies” as it has in other instances.
- rolph 1y ago
  it makes more sense when you get to see the actual title: "Trump puts extra 100% tariff on China imports, adds export controls on ‘critical software’"
ggm 1y ago
Kerberos V? Or is this 3DES?
- rolph 1y ago
  i would bet on both, as soon as someone ELI5's them.
  - ggm 1y ago
    Before that it was Vax 11/780s and digital telephone exchanges like system/X and the ericsson AXE. Those goddamn arms traffickers and their vax-guns.
burnt-resistor 1y ago
Time to dust off "This shirt is a munition" vintage TinkGeek garb. The US needs to put locks on the foot-gun triggers before there are no toes or jobs left. And also, China is building tank-capable invasion barges and practicing in inner Mongolia how to raid Tapei's government buildings. Escalation and self-sabotage isn't helping. This is two malignant, geriatric, authoritarian narcissists slowly trying to drag the world into yet another world war while shuffling along with toilet paper stuck to their shoes while doing nothing to ensure lasting peace for everyone who lives after them. Xi, Trump, Bibi, Putin, and every other neofascist criminal substitute for a leader needs to go.
- cindyllm 1y ago
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- ahazred8ta 1y ago
  The shirts are still available. https://store.blockstream.com/products/rsa-t-shirt https://store.blockstream.com/products/rsa-t-shirt - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_th...

23 points by dabockster 1y ago

iamnothere 1y ago

I wonder what this entails. Is an operating system critical? I would think so.

cylinder714 1y ago
The OpenBSD project is based in Calgary, btw.
- dabockster 1y ago
  But both Windows and Mac OS are developed largely in the US. Could Trump unintentionally bring about the year of the Linux desktop?
  - anigbrowl 1y ago
    Isn't Linux widely adopted in China already?
    - dabockster 1y ago
      From what I understand, only on the server level (just like the West). Desktops are still largely Windows or Mac.
  - hulitu 1y ago
    > Could Trump unintentionally bring about the year of the Linux desktop? Linus lives in the US.
- iamnothere 1y ago
  I am hopeful that the US doesn’t attempt to force its sanctions enforcement upon “allies” as it has in other instances.
rolph 1y ago
it makes more sense when you get to see the actual title: "Trump puts extra 100% tariff on China imports, adds export controls on ‘critical software’"

ggm 1y ago

Kerberos V? Or is this 3DES?

rolph 1y ago
i would bet on both, as soon as someone ELI5's them.
- ggm 1y ago
  Before that it was Vax 11/780s and digital telephone exchanges like system/X and the ericsson AXE. Those goddamn arms traffickers and their vax-guns.

burnt-resistor 1y ago

Time to dust off "This shirt is a munition" vintage TinkGeek garb. The US needs to put locks on the foot-gun triggers before there are no toes or jobs left. And also, China is building tank-capable invasion barges and practicing in inner Mongolia how to raid Tapei's government buildings. Escalation and self-sabotage isn't helping. This is two malignant, geriatric, authoritarian narcissists slowly trying to drag the world into yet another world war while shuffling along with toilet paper stuck to their shoes while doing nothing to ensure lasting peace for everyone who lives after them. Xi, Trump, Bibi, Putin, and every other neofascist criminal substitute for a leader needs to go.

cindyllm 1y ago
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ahazred8ta 1y ago
The shirts are still available. https://store.blockstream.com/products/rsa-t-shirt https://store.blockstream.com/products/rsa-t-shirt - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_th...