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[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago

a lot of governments did that after the whole thing with Ed Snowden….
for one: the US puts backdoors in all sorts of software… has been doing it for years….
for two: software is a pretty big part of how governments do things.
for three: doesn’t matter until they start making their own microchips….