How vulnerable are we to kill switches imbedded in America software holding us to ransom

This is something I've thought about regarding a cyber attack, if a car or machinery manufacturer were hacked, how bad could the consequences be

Well, Ireland isn't vulnerable anyway.

It was not a stab in the back. They still have Starlink. By the way y, the US owns Ukraine or, us nothing. We should be grateful to Trump for making selfish European community to start to pay its own way to protect our interests.

You are absolutely correct, it was not a stab in the back…. it was a stab in the front

Anytime Israel gets Military Jets from America, they get them in kit form. So as they build them they can make sure there is no American kill switches on them.

Israel usually upgrades military equipment with its own software and systems. So it's largely Independent of other nations.

No mention anywhere here about the Israelis Mossad et al and their technology exported all round the world.Wouldn't they be interested in installing kill switches for whomever they happen to dislike

What fighters?

Israel is a big supplier of cybersecurity software, and if any Irish company or government department is using them, it's time to change supplier pronto.

Yeah massive productivity boost when nobody could log into their work accounts via MFA…

The thing is, or the ugly thing is, that different nations get different treatmeny by Trump.

What Trump did with Zelinskyy he would never do with Ireland or the Irish, considering that a good portion of US Americans who voted for Trump do have Irish ancestry.

I don't think Trump would dare putting Ireland under some kind of pressure, for US American investment to Ireland to return to the US. Trump rather blames the EU in general, but not the Irish specifically, he can't afford to do that.

Probably an overreaction. What Trump wants is that EU countries are buying US products, and that NATO countries are doing their defence themselves, and spending their own money on that. By buying F35s any military is doing exactly what Trump and the current US administration wants.

It's a bit different for Canada, as Trump wants Canada to become a 51st state, the discussion in Canada is about buying SAAB instead of US planes.

Don't forget the hugely resource-hungry AI services, draining our supplies of power and water, because it's easier to set up a chatbot than to design a website properly in the first place.