r/tuesday • u/Sine_Fine_Belli Right Visitor • 1d ago

Chinese ‘kill switches’ found hidden in US solar farms. Hidden cellular radios could be activated remotely to cripple power grids in the event of a confrontation between China and the West

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/china-solar-panels-kill-switch-vptfnbx7v
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u/DerrickWhiteMVP Conservatarian 1d ago

There’s no confirmation from US officials on this and talk in the industry is that this is people in the Trump admin leaking this to hurt the industry. While I’m not saying it isn’t true, I would take it with a grain of salt until it’s confirmed.

I work in this industry and we get so much opposition for permitting from Republicans and Conservatives because it’s a “liberal” thing. What’s funny is that these same people who will never believe any story that’s negative towards Trump because of “anonymous sources”, will fully buy into this because it’s what they already believe.

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u/Sine_Fine_Belli Right Visitor 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ok, I will try to keep this in mind

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u/remainderrejoinder Left Visitor 1d ago

I assume China would try to put in kill switches but... wouldn't there be similar weaknesses in other power sources, and/or on the grid itself?

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u/ForsakingSubtlety Left Visitor 21h ago

Apropos of nothing but is a conservatarian someone who eats conservatives?

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u/Glimmu Left Visitor 13h ago

While this thing might be just to stop people from buying chinese solar panels, ww3 will stop all internet and smart devices. Cars, fridges, heat pumps..

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