Reply to post: Mm, nice choices

Tech giants flash Russia their code blueprints in exchange for access

Milton

Mm, nice choices

1. Russian-"vetted" versions of Western software will have spyware, backdoors and security weaknesses identified and cleaned out.

2. Russian-reengineered versions of Western software will creep back to the West, riddled with Russian spyware, backdoors and sabots.

3. If software is selling in Russia, that becomes a sign it cannot be trusted in the West.

4. So we return to status ante: the only software anyone can trust is open-source stuff you can inspect and compile yourself.

5. The infotech equivalent of the condom!

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