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For me it's enough that if Chinese intelligence officers were founding software security companies, I'd not use the product. It's the same idea for Israel. Conscription just makes it worse, because more of their citizens are then suspect.

Not supporting people who take part in the crime of persecution, is a nice side effect.

"But Chomsky said so!"

So you think they shouldn't be trusted because they have ties with a foreign nation or they should be trusted because their foreign nation is really a puppet state of your nation?

It's unclear to me what you're thinking besides the wish to troll.

"conspiracy". When you meet employees of such companies they brag about it and sometimes even do special tricks through their contacts to impress you.