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I don’t think the Russians are going to care about a felony conviction. The major security holes in embedded devices that are part of our critical infrastructure are national security threats.

Despite Putin’s bluster about nuclear weapons, cyberattacks are the easiest way for Russia to inflict pain on the US and Western Europe in response to economic sanctions and our support for Ukrain militarily. And those could do a lot of damage, both in terms of our economies and even civilian American/European lives.

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Virtual Private Networks always existed long before today’s internet VPNs or proxies. It used to be known as a ‘Friend in Russia.’