By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026And as Trump considers this program of imperial conquest, he has started to tinker with one of the most devastating geopolitical weapons the world has ever seen: tech shutdowns. 39/ 11299
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026If Trump wants Greenland, he can just order Microsoft to switch off Office 365 for the country and every ministry and significant firm will be shuttered in an instant, along with many households: pluralistic.net/2026/04/04/d... 40/pluralistic.netPluralistic: EU ready to cave to Trump on tech (04 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 414919
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026He can order Apple and Google to shut off all of Denmark's phones. He can order John Deere to shut off all their *tractors*: pluralistic.net/2022/05/08/a... 41/pluralistic.netAbout those kill-switched Ukrainian tractors – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory DoctorowNo trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. 214216
Old Hobbit🐸 @oldhobbit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Half Microsoft's revenue is non US. They would not throw that away in a tech Pearl Harbor strike. The only reason tech is doing things now for Trump is that they are temporary, containable/limited and reversible (a couple of clicks and Lake Ontario is Ontario again in the USA) 000
