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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/06/2026

It would *also* let them bypass the software locks that block them from updating phones, cars, tractors and ventilators to protect them from remote killswitches: pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3... 27/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/06/2026

The digital sovereignty risk is having your country's state, firms and industries terminated by Trump. The digital sovereignty opportunity is making billions by producing and exporting products that defend people from Big Tech plunder and Trumpian killswitches. That is the *real world*. 28/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/06/2026

But many "digital sovereignty" advocates are living in an *imaginary* world, in which the digital sovereignty risk is that Trump will *shut off their country's access to AI*. 29/

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