If people are calling this hypocrisy, then I suspect there's a larger moral argument that hasn't been articulated.
There is an element of hypocrisy in all this because American intelligence agencies were previously caught intercepting Cisco-made routers on their way to customers
No there isn't! That's not hypocritical! Words mean things!
Other nations being sad when you get punched in the nose is only useful if you have no effective way to respond.
Half the world disliked the US during the Cold War. People act like any of what is going on is new.
It's not just logical, it's affective: There is a real pleasure in domination, and a real fear in any loss of control. It feels good to be strong, to be in control, to be protected but not bound. Domination is hegemony, hegemony is safety.
These billionaires genuinely feel themselves to be oppressed if their power is threatened in any way. [1]
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Calling it hypocrisy is at the very least good propaganda to try to wake Americans up from their stupor.
Admittedly though with Trump there’s no hypocritical propaganda any more. He just says he “wants the oil” or whatever.
I have no doubt that American efforts at security on this front are inadaquate, incompetent, etc. But hypocritical? Nah.
Says the tech rag hailing from the 5-eyes nation known as the UK...
Love seeing pop up like it’s new or something.
themafia•1h ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4COrX9YHcU
palmotea•1h ago
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4COrX9YHcU
You're linking to a 36 minute video titled "Black Hat USA 2025 | China's 5+ Year Campaign to Penetrate Perimeter Network Defenses." There's nothing in the description about "USA company bought an Indian OS to turn into it's SOHO router/firewall product."
Either you linked the wrong thing or you need a better source.
themafia•1h ago
I did not. The speaker clearly says in the video, twice, that they bought their OS from an Indian company. Anyways, here's the direct link to the quote:
https://youtu.be/z4COrX9YHcU?si=hzsYtprPeYkEC9DF&t=303
Perhaps your assumption should be that your efforts were inadequate rather than others.
You also could have opened the transcription panel and literally just searched for "india."