Marco Rubio tells US diplomats to play down fears of a tech ‘kill switch’

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told American diplomats to push back against a phrase that has spread through allied capitals since the summer: the tech “kill switch.” In a cable dated July 16 and reviewed by Reuters, Rubio instructed envoys to counter the idea that Washington can remotely disable American technology abroad, a […] This story continues at The Next Web

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