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It sounds more like the US IC treats HP like one of its own departments, and it would very much like to do the same with Juniper.

The idea that even allies will be using US networking equipment in a couple decades seems implausible. Everyone is well-aware that any boxes coming out of the US are as likely to be tapped as ones coming out of china.



That has always been true, and yet almost every country buys both US or Chinese equipment, and a good many by both.


Maybe it's time we stop.


Sounds like a great idea; good luck with that.


The Snowden leaks showed 20 years ago that cisco routers were being sent to NSA for "aftermarket" modifications before being sent to clients. It's not news.


The Snowden leaks demonstrated Cisco wasn't a knowing participant — the equipment was covertly diverted and then modified. That's quite different than knowing collaboration.


Is there any computer or internet company that the US IC doesn't treat as their own department? Maybe some very small and insignificant ones.




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