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babkayaga01/16/20253 repliesview on HN

right. China. but Switzerland? Israel? what is going on here?


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thatcat01/17/2025

Israel is a known industrial espionage threat to the us, how'd you think they got nuclear weapons? some analysts say they're the largest threat after china. Not to mention theyre currently using ai in targeting systems while under investigation for war crimes.

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jagrsw01/16/2025

It could be related to 14eyes with modifications (finland and ireland, plus close asian allies).

https://res.cloudinary.com/dbulfrlrz/images/w_1024,h_661,c_s... (from https://protonvpn.com/blog/5-eyes-global-surveillance).

Israel, Poland, Portugal and Switzerland are also missing from it

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energy12301/17/2025

> Switzerland? Israel?

I hope someone with a better understanding of the details can jump in, but they are both Tier 2 (not Tier 3) restricted, so maybe there are some available loopholes or Presidential override authority or something. Also I believe they can still access uncapped compute if they go via data centers built in the US.