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There is not really any reason to conclude that "american tech" was responsible for this attack. If anything, given all the sanctions Venezuela was under and how friendly they are with china, i would be surprised if they were using american tech in their infrastructure.

[Of course i agree with the broader point of dont become dependent on the technology of your geopolitical enemies]

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There are other attack vectors beyond infrastructure though when the population all have Android Smart Phones running Play Services and communicate using WhatsApp.

I am not sure why you are being downvoted where nothing you said is inaccurate. This practice of reflexively downvoting when disagreeing really is starting to irk me. Argue with OP damn it. How is he wrong?

It’s for sure another alarm signal for the EU to further reduce dependencies on our newest geopolitical enemy… the United States of America.

It is insane that some people need more signals. It was clearly stated by US in February 2025 and several times after that.

After eighty years of collaboration, I’m not surprised people don’t take lightly when the USA do a 180 on their entire history of diplomacy and turn to autocratic regimes like Russia instead of liberal democracies.

But by now, the big wheels sure are turning for good in the EU. I’m (we’re, probably) just bitter for everything that was destroyed so need- and carelessly.

> and turn to autocratic regimes like Russia instead of liberal democracies

They're applying secondary sanctions on Russian oil so China and India stop buying it despite there being a war on. Hardly "turning to Russia".

Are they doing also something that is not aligned with business interests?

Sorry, I can't tell how you're refuting the idea that applying very painful sanctions to Russia is the opposite of "turning to Russia".

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