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Pentagon Creates 'Do Not Buy' List of Russian, Chinese Software (defenseone.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Defense One: The Pentagon is warning the military and its contractors not to use software it deems to have Russian and Chinese connections, according to the U.S. Defense Department's acquisition chief. Officials have begun circulating a "Do Not Buy" list of software that does not meet "national security standards," Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, said Friday. The Pentagon started compiling the list about six months ago. Suspicious companies are put on a list that is circulated to the military's software buyers. Now the Pentagon is working with the three major defense industry trade associations -- the Aerospace industries Association, National Defense Industrial Association and Professional Services Council -- to alert contractors small and large. Lord said defense officials have also been working with the intelligence community to identify "certain companies that do not operate in a way consistent with what we have for defense standard." Asked if programs and weapons were compromised by foreign software, Lord said, "These are more widespread issues. I don't think we're focused on one particular system."
Great to know, a list of software that doesn't contain US government sanctioned backdoors. If the Pentagon doesn't like it, then you can be 99% sure it values your privacy and doesn't harvest your private data.
The irony, is that i might sound like a troll, but this is the truth.
Global (outside of US) "Do Not Buy" List":
* Microsoft
* Apple
* Google
* Facebook (and other "Social Media"
* Alexa / Cortana / next name "active" "smart" speaker/mic
* "Cloud" services with any US-based nexus.
Wait, it is 2018 and this list didn't exist already???
US & Israel are good, always good, and will be good forever.
On the other hand, China & Russia are bad, always bad, and will be bad forever.
Stuxnet is good, but anything coming out of China / Russia is bad.
Is that what you are saying??
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Whatsapp, and other social media platforms that foreign countries contaminate with ad-buying.
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
Good little Chinese propaganda troll. China is many,many,many times more of threat than Russia.
It’s not a wall, it’s anti-hacking by a foreign government. This is long overdue basic digital security for military secrets.
Long overdue and still too relaxed.
This article says "The list identifying these companies will be made available to Pentagon's acquisitions staff, she further pointed out, without providing any further details." So, I'm assuming the list isn't finalized yet. TFA says "Now the Pentagon is working with the three major defense industry trade associations — the Aerospace industries Association, National Defense Industrial Association and Professional Services Council — to alert contractors small and large." My guess is that once it's formalized it will be released to the companies that are members of those associations first.
Citation needed. We have always had legal immigration. Please cite your sources for the undocumented immigrants that contributed to the Apollo and Manhattan projects.
What value? More profit for the CEO's because they keep the wages low?