[HN Gopher] Europe just started building a 'kill switch' for U.S...
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Europe just started building a 'kill switch' for U.S. tech
Author : mooreds
Score : 36 points
Date : 2026-02-02 20:40 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.morningstar.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.morningstar.com)
| steve_gh wrote:
| I was somewhat dissapointed at the perspective :-) seeing the
| article was from morningstar.com, I was expecting a radical left
| wing critique of EU and US tech policy.
|
| [The "Morning Star" is a left wing UK paper, whose editorial
| stance is in line with the Communist Party of Great Britain
| (morningstaronline.co.uk)]
|
| Interesting article though.
| nick__m wrote:
| I don't know if your wrong or right about "The Morning Star"
| but Morningstar.com is a financial firm specialized in research
| and recommendations. They have a lot's of influence relative to
| their relatively small holdings.
| pixelpoet wrote:
| > Europe is hitting the kills witch
|
| Everything about this site, right from the get go, screams
| useless amateur (average person on reddit level of writing).
|
| There doesn't seem to be anything new in this news article
| either, we've all already read about EU sovereignty pushes (and
| as a German, I also regard it as essential). So until there's
| actual credible coverage of some actual "kill switch" I'll hold
| judgement.
| krunck wrote:
| Yeah, it's an investment company(only $3.5b in assets) with the
| writing having the expected narrow focus of that industry.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morningstar,_Inc.
| biglyburrito wrote:
| Morningstar is a heavyweight in the investment/finance world.
| cyanydeez wrote:
| Based on Trumps choice of fed reserve chair, ive moved everything
| away from USD.
|
| KILL switches are the only thing the oligarchy will care for.
| lenerdenator wrote:
| I can't help but feel that this sort of reinforces the suspicions
| a lot of Americans - on both sides of the aisle, mind - have felt
| towards Europe since, idk, maybe the Chicken Tax era, one of an
| alliance of convenience.
|
| We've seen what the continent will put up with.
| ggm wrote:
| Europe is diversifying its tech dependence on the US and ensuring
| strategic resilience inside its own legal and commercial domain.
| jslakro wrote:
| Here is an example of good alternatives to some popular digital
| services https://european-alternatives.eu/
| scotty79 wrote:
| > The nomination of Kevin Warsh to lead the Fed has taken the
| sails out of the idea that the U.S. dollar would sink.
|
| Why?
| mike-the-mikado wrote:
| Presumably he is regarded as more sensible than some other
| candidates that might have appealed to the President.
| MisterTea wrote:
| What the hell is with the text? Every. Line. Is. Its. Own.
| Paragraph.
|
| This feels like an LLM generated listicle designed to be digested
| and summarized by an LLM on the other end.
| wildredkraut wrote:
| Well, not only this, the private movement of avoiding American
| stuff is also getting stronger in the EU. Somehow it's like game
| in the store, YESSsss, +1:EU -1:US. It's feels so satisfying to
| find and buy alternatives to US products where it's possible,
| from tech over clothes to food. Somehow Trump is doing the EU a
| favor by pushing us to become independent again. It will take
| time, but we'll get there.
| politelemon wrote:
| While I understand and support the sentiment here, I don't see
| any description about the kill switch that the title mentions.
| They are simply pushing for alternatives. Furthermore, the
| alternatives are too narrowly focused, if communications cannot
| be trusted, you cannot trust closed operating systems either.
| Windows, Macos, and iOS ought to be on the circuit for this
| purported kill switch.
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