KairuByte

I think you are vastly overestimating things here.

I’ve purchased Ubiquiti hardware. Tens of thousands of dollars worth of shipped directly to the final destination. There was no middle man, no previous relationship, no vendor, no sales associate. I just went to their website, put in my credit card info, and gave a shipping address.

It sounds like you’re saying that such a purchase should be put under scrutiny, but that scrutiny would be… asking me if I am a legit entity? And what, I need to provide some sort of ambiguous proof that I am not the Russian military?

You’re jumping straight into “are they making efforts to prevent it” without even providing a real life way to do so. Sales metrics are all good and fine, but all that really tells you is that there are potentially more sales than needed. The funny thing is, these sales could be spread throughout hundreds of corporations in dozens of countries.

Countries have been doing clandestine purchasing for decades if not centuries, you really think a good faith effort by one company would uncover what dozens of other countries can’t? You really think the US isn’t itching to figure out where those devices are getting in through? Or the EU? Or Ukraine? They have many more resources than Ubiquiti to figure this out. You think they just don’t care?

I’m curious on what your solution to the Nvidia problem is? Just stop selling to the market whose sales increased? Then the next, and the next?

Knowing where the hardware is getting in from isn’t a solution. How do they know which orders are legit, and which are meant to go to the restricted area?

And it’s already been pointed out that the Ubiquiti hardware in question requires no activation at all. In fact I don’t believe any Ubiquiti hardware inherently needs internet, never mind activation.

Some features may, but that’s different than requiring activation for the device to work.

If they wanted to, they could massively decrease the level of shipments that reach the russians.

I’m curious on how?

This isn’t software gore my dude.

No no, because “reasons”.

Not much within the legal window. Maybe petition for its removal.

Unrelated, but I believe an axe and a mask usually work pretty well on most electronic devices. Driving out of town, walking back in on a non flock path, ensuring you have a “limp” as well as non descriptive/logoless clothes, and ensuring you have no devices on you, are all great general opsec tips as well.

Bit late but I wanted to thank you for following up. Sorry if I came off as hostile, reading that back after the fact was more harsh than I meant it to be.

It’s a bit of a bitch, and they can kill it at the drop of a hat.

Eh?

You take excess green power and use it to generate gasoline. You use that gasoline in a combustion engine. Where is the extra carbon coming from which makes this non neutral?

I could see this being useful in places where day/night cycle is skewed to prolonged periods of each. Or perhaps holding excess power from summer into winter since days are so much shorter.

But yeah, this doesn’t really seem like the best way to store grid power.

Gasoline is a very high energy material. You can put it into anything (that works with gas) in seconds and store it for months.

Is this a perfect solution? No. But it’s technically possible to achieve carbon neutrality on an ICE vehicle with zero modification, you’ve just got ~50% loss on the solar you collected.

Eh? You don’t need open internet for drone attacks.