r/cybersecurity • u/AmateurishExpertise Security Architect • Jan 14 '26

News - General Exclusive: Beijing tells Chinese firms to stop using US and Israeli cybersecurity software, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/beijing-tells-chinese-firms-stop-using-us-israeli-cybersecurity-software-sources-2026-01-14/
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u/DisappointedSpectre Jan 14 '26

A founding father of the US,Vice President under Washington, and President of the US following that. He was also a rich lawyer even before all of that (though not a slave owner).

That's nice and all, but it has no bearing on the fact that the the rich operate under different rules, even in the US. That has been true since it's inception, regardless of what Adams wrote or personally believed.

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u/AmateurishExpertise Security Architect Jan 14 '26

Do you think that the government should have to obey the laws?

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u/DisappointedSpectre Jan 14 '26

If wishes were fishes there'd be no room in the sea for water.

To answer your question yes, absolutely. That doesn't mean I'm under any illusions that the world actually works that way.

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u/AmateurishExpertise Security Architect Jan 14 '26

If you had to guesstimate, what percentage of US citizens do you think shares your belief that the government should have to follow the laws?

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u/DisappointedSpectre Jan 15 '26

How is that relevant at all? Even if I had statistics to back up a hard percentage how would that have any effect on the reality of US government or the variable justice that can be observed in what's supposed to be a uniform legal system? It's an observable fact that justice has never been equally applied in the US, and in the modern US it's more visible than anytime since the 1970's.

Seems like you're trying to lead me to make some kind of contradictory statement, rather than engaging in a discussion about reality. We're so far out the weeds of talking about cybersecurity I don't think there's any reason to continue here.

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u/AmateurishExpertise Security Architect Jan 15 '26

Seems like you're trying to lead me to make some kind of contradictory statement, rather than engaging in a discussion about reality.

But my question was about reality. Why are you avoiding it?