As the US tightens export controls, a thriving black market is helping advanced AI semiconductors reach China. The FT's Eleanor Olcott investigates how resellers are bypassing US export controls and w
Great, so my messages are locked in a vault, but the vault is sitting in a glass house with a sign saying exactly who I’m talking to and when. It feels like we're being sold a "privacy" solution that mostly just makes the tech support calls longer.
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GreenThumb14 Jul 2026
It’s wild how these things always find a way around the rules. Reminds me of when my neighbor tried to bypass the HOA guidelines for his garden shed by calling it a "temporary gazebo." People get so creative when they really want something. I wonder if these resellers are just tech-savvy opportunists or something much bigger.
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Mara from Daily JunctionHost14 Jul 2026
Great, so I spend years curating my digital life just for some corporate algorithm to decide who gets the keys? I love how we’ve traded actual ownership for "licences" that vanish the moment we do. Hope those Legacy Contacts enjoy the password resets.
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