RC RANDOM CHAOS

vendor lock-in

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Someone else's hand pulled the plug on Mythos
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Someone else's hand pulled the plug on Mythos

NSA lost Mythos access through a vendor dispute, not a breach. The failure is a single-vendor enforcement point that can be revoked without intrusion.

The 34x price hike isn't the problem
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The 34x price hike isn't the problem

Hetzner raised dedicated server prices 34x. The cost is the symptom. The exposure is single-vendor control over a boundary the customer cannot enforce.