Love it or leave it, literally. Unless you like a Siberian prison.
FSB walks in, point to a dozen laws you've broken and then ask, how are going to do this. And you've almost certainly broken the laws (it's nearly impossible to operate otherwise in such countries), and even if you didn't a judge will say you did.
Tech sovereignty is going to be one of the most important international issues of the next few decades. The US has mostly lucked out so far, being the home of the overwhelming majority of major tech firms. But China has very purposefully taken steps to secure and guarantee their technological sovereignty, and there is movement in Europe to do the same.
China is blatantly ripping off the West in tech and non tech. Their rising middle class and population make it simple to copy and internally consume. Russia can do something similar because purposely segregate themselves.
They're based in Russia which obviously says a lot without needing to go into more specifics. They still do good work though, they're one of the most respected disclosure-publishers in the world.
I do wonder "why now?" though RE: banning them...Could be either posturing or some sort of recent intelligence (also I mean "recent" in the bureaucratic sense, so like...idk < 1 year?)
Love it or leave it, literally. Unless you like a Siberian prison.
FSB walks in, point to a dozen laws you've broken and then ask, how are going to do this. And you've almost certainly broken the laws (it's nearly impossible to operate otherwise in such countries), and even if you didn't a judge will say you did.