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Frogmarsh t1_iy30ut7 wrote

As a federal government employee, any purchases I make must come with a guarantee from the provider that they do not use technology from about a half dozen Chinese tech companies. We’ve been excluding business with American companies using these Chinese tech companies for more than a year.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-contracting/u-s-federal-contract-ban-takes-effect-for-companies-using-products-from-huawei-others-idUSKCN25928Y

It’s a real pain in the ass.

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kalasea2001 t1_iy44c3d wrote

We did the same at my local county's IT. This new ban may actually make it a bit easier for local governments.

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nova9001 t1_iy34mwg wrote

Can't allow the competition to one up US at anything. If anyone is going to be number 1 at surveillance, its going to be US.

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