A few days ago, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a press conference where he outlined the "Clean Network" initiative. While some of these points...
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I was writing a post about the banning of TIkTok and WeChat, but stopped. Basically I think direction this is all going is setting a terrible precedent of censorship. It honestly terrifies me so much. I don't buy for a single second this is to "protect US citizens."
US app makers have been caught doing the same thing over and over and over again.
You said it exactly right: "We decry China's heavy hand in tech....then immediately follow their lead."
It's all bad, but "Clean Cable" is especially risible when you think about the NSA having operated dedicated rooms in carrier facilities to tap backbone traffic directly for decades. Do as we say, not as we do!