Germany May Refuse F-35 Purchase over ‘Emergency Switch;’ Consider Eurofighter Instead
www.defensemirror.com
According to reports, a software back-door switch will turn the aircraft off if the client state does not follow Washington’s diktat in the use of the F-35.

I haven’t done adequate due diligence yet - could be inaccurate

I came across this article alleging that Germany is considering bailing on the F-35 aircraft because the US can remotely disable them.

If the US could do this to German F-35s, presumably they can do it to ours…

Additional reporting alleging concern in Canadian defence circles

  • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    There’s no such thing as a “zero day backdoor”. You’re conflating “backdoor” with “zero day exploit” which are entirely separate things.

    And its not a question of whether or not the NSA is capable of doing that. It’s whether they’re capable of doing it in a way that they would absolutely 100% certain could never be discovered.

    But more importantly, as I pointed out elsewhere, in order for it to even be possible for such a backdoor to exist, the entire aircraft would have to be designed in a way that was hilariously, outrageously and inconceivably unsafe to operate. You simply do not link mission critical system to external communications systems that are in operation while a vehicle is airborne. Such a design flaw would be immediately obvious to the people whose job it was to approve the purchase, because there’s no way you connect up systems like that in secret. While the US might supply the parts, it’s still our guys who maintain them and integrate them into the vehicle.