Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 10 months agoIt may provoke Trump, but Canada should cancel the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the U.S.www.theglobeandmail.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkIt may provoke Trump, but Canada should cancel the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the U.S.www.theglobeandmail.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareZer0_F0x@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoThe US can remotely disable them whenever they damn well please anyway, and can not be trusted not to. Everyone should be canceling their orders immediately, and disable the remote access capabilities to the ones they have.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoHas it actually been confirmed they can do this? I would assume they backdoor them, but usually backdoors are secret.
minus-squareShadow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoThey require software updates for every mission, that are distributed from the US. You can probably fly / use it without those, but you lose all the advanced command & control features
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoLet me guess… microsoft designed it.
minus-squarewise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoNobody should have ever purchased military equipment with that feature.
The US can remotely disable them whenever they damn well please anyway, and can not be trusted not to.
Everyone should be canceling their orders immediately, and disable the remote access capabilities to the ones they have.
Has it actually been confirmed they can do this? I would assume they backdoor them, but usually backdoors are secret.
They require software updates for every mission, that are distributed from the US.
You can probably fly / use it without those, but you lose all the advanced command & control features
Let me guess… microsoft designed it.
“It’s military-grade”
Nobody should have ever purchased military equipment with that feature.