blankslate
Diamond Member
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2452...ficials-massive-breach-federal-personnel-data
Looks like it could be the start of a new cold war. While this is primarily a cybersecurity story, it also touches on this countries manufacturing sector or lack of it.
It's foolish that we have much of our electronics made in other countries some of whom could be adversaries for the sake of cheaper prices. It costs us. Maybe we don't see the costs but when the Government hires security contractors to take apart electronics made outside the U.S. for government use to make sure there are no hardware, firmware, or software back-doors a serious misstep has been made.
Of course it would be naive to believe that the U.S. isn't trying to compromise China's governmental networks in the same way.
Free trade deals not only compromise this country's sovereignty but can also compromise its security when corporations decide its too expensive to have necessary manufacturing in this country.
U.S. waived laws and put Chinese parts in F-35
When the U.S. has to put parts made by a country that could very well be an adversary in a new weapons system to keep it on schedule we have another indication of how free trade's detrimental affect on domestic manufacturing has put made the U.S. a weaker nation.
....
Looks like it could be the start of a new cold war. While this is primarily a cybersecurity story, it also touches on this countries manufacturing sector or lack of it.
It's foolish that we have much of our electronics made in other countries some of whom could be adversaries for the sake of cheaper prices. It costs us. Maybe we don't see the costs but when the Government hires security contractors to take apart electronics made outside the U.S. for government use to make sure there are no hardware, firmware, or software back-doors a serious misstep has been made.
Of course it would be naive to believe that the U.S. isn't trying to compromise China's governmental networks in the same way.
Free trade deals not only compromise this country's sovereignty but can also compromise its security when corporations decide its too expensive to have necessary manufacturing in this country.
U.S. waived laws and put Chinese parts in F-35
When the U.S. has to put parts made by a country that could very well be an adversary in a new weapons system to keep it on schedule we have another indication of how free trade's detrimental affect on domestic manufacturing has put made the U.S. a weaker nation.
....
Last edited:
