On: Cisco Systems pulled out of Russia: destroyed $23.42M worth of equipment

[atemerev]

Not your production -- not your coins^W hardware. In peacetime, it doesn't matter too much, because nearly nothing can outweigh the reputation loss if there is a case of remote equipment sabotage. In wartime, however, all bets are off.

Not that I have any pity towards Russia, but, say, China can also do this in the case of war.

[jstarfish → atemerev]

Yeah, we know. The US proactively banned Huawei gear to prevent the same rug from being pulled out from under us. Europe has Juniper.

Same with some foreign governments moving to private-label Linux variants to reduce reliance on [US-produced] Windows.

Next is TikTok, to eliminate foreign software with large domestic deployment.

Unless we backdoor Android/iOS, the US doesn't have too many more strings to pull.