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Strypey

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"The Commission argues that supply chains are no longer merely commercial networks but rather strategic infrastructure vulnerable to geopolitical pressure."

@piratepost, 2026

I absolutely agree, but the devil is in the details. This argument has been used at times to exclude certain companies for questionable reasons, such as the ban in 5Eyes countries on using Huawai routing hardware in 5G networks;

billbennett.co.nz/gcsb-blocks-…

scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1812/S00…

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New Zealand shuts Huawei out of 5G network build

New Zealand is the latest western nation to exclude Huawei from supplying key hardware for strategic telecommunications networks. It follows similar moves in Australia and the US.
Bill Bennett
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Strypey

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Any such exclusion needs to be based on clear and testable technical criteria. Not vague geopolitical handwaving that can be weaponised to privilege domestic vendors, even when their tech is less fit for purpose than an offshore vendor's.

As a hypothetical example, say Orange Stalin used digital sovereignty arguments to ban US public agencies from using Free Code chat software based on an open protocol like XMPP or Matrix, in favour of Meta Mess-injure, WhatSapp, or BorgSoft Teams.

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