> can now never be trusted commercially for its software or hardware
Obviously not if you're an enemy or adversary of Israel's. If America and China go to war and Chinese equipment shuts down or starts exploding, that's fair game under the rules of war.
> Chinese equipment shuts down or starts exploding, that's fair game under the rules of war.
I am not so sure that it is fair game. Here is what Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has to say:
> "such attacks violate international human rights law and potentially international humanitarian law."
> if you're an enemy or adversary
You seem to have conveniently forgotten how backdoors work. They eventually leak, and then anyone can exploit and trigger them. No matter the original intended target, pretty soon everyone can become a target.
> seem to have conveniently forgotten how backdoors work. They eventually leak, and then anyone can exploit and trigger them
This is also true of the access controls to a weapons system. We get angry when people let others use their weapons. It's sort of par for the course when it comes to war.
Just waiting for the world police to go in an arrest them and hold them accountable for their crimes, I'm sure they'll get around to it after they have finished arresting all those Russians for their war crimes.
I mean yes, blowing up things in another country's territory is an act of war. If you commit acts of war against the America, the U.S. government will do war to you.
Obviously not if you're an enemy or adversary of Israel's. If America and China go to war and Chinese equipment shuts down or starts exploding, that's fair game under the rules of war.