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Trump says he reached Greenland deal ‘framework’ with NATO, backs off Europe tariffs (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

Yes exactly. That's my point. Why would the US (or any country exporting complex defense products) need a Killswitch when they can just cut off support and make your equipment quickly useless.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Fair point but I find it bold to assume that people do stuff only because they need do. We also do plenty of stuff just because we can.

    And if you have a tractor company that includes kill switches in its equipment ( https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/john-deere-remotely-disables-tractors-stolen-in-ukraine-by/427045 ) it’s hard to rule out that a Defense department, which probably pays handsomely a certain number people to be actively paranoid, would refrain from doing so.

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