I sort of avoid food from China. Oddly, chemicals from China are ok, but I rationalize because they're in milligram quantities, so impurities are also relatively small, and they get GC/MS'd.
I also avoid software/security products from China and Chinese-controlled entities. To some extent, I'd like to include hardware, but that's essentially impossible. I avoid Huawei and ZTE at least, but I still buy Apple, Lenovo, etc.
I would probably not trust security software written by a Chinese citizen in the US who had extensive ongoing personal/family connections to China. I would use a game, and probably general purpose stuff. It makes me sad that this position is justified by the threat environment. I tend to feel the same way about most of Eastern Europe/Russia, too, although perhaps less acutely.
The horrible thing about all of this is that Chinese and fUSSR developers are some of the smartest/best in the world.
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I sort of avoid food from China. Oddly, chemicals from China are ok, but I rationalize because they're in milligram quantities, so impurities are also relatively small, and they get GC/MS'd.
I also avoid software/security products from China and Chinese-controlled entities. To some extent, I'd like to include hardware, but that's essentially impossible. I avoid Huawei and ZTE at least, but I still buy Apple, Lenovo, etc.
I would probably not trust security software written by a Chinese citizen in the US who had extensive ongoing personal/family connections to China. I would use a game, and probably general purpose stuff. It makes me sad that this position is justified by the threat environment. I tend to feel the same way about most of Eastern Europe/Russia, too, although perhaps less acutely.
The horrible thing about all of this is that Chinese and fUSSR developers are some of the smartest/best in the world.