Carmi Levy

You know, like it's little things like that.

It's kind of scary that like these devices are so, I mean, in some ways I'm fear mongering.

Why would we expect these manufacturers to do anything bad?

But on the other hand, it's such a vulnerable piece of infrastructure everywhere.

I totally get the ban.

I got to say, I'm usually against

these blanket bans, but for this one, I see why they're doing it.

I'm still worried though, because for all this, and I remember, because the national security concern is trotted out all the time when governments want to impose a change.

They used it with the TikTok ban and look how that ended up.

It was never about national security at all.

And so now, you know, the US government, again, it's all about trust.

Do you trust that the US government will now, as they hold the keys to your technological kingdom, will they not insist on having backdoors in these devices?

Will they not use that newfound position to surveil their own population?

The risk doesn't always come from China.

The risk sometimes comes from within.

They would never do that.

Edward Snowden never released anything about the US government doing that.

That would never happen.

Would you bet the mortgage on that?

I don't know.