The irony here is that it's the US who has been proven to break into allied networks and infrastructure and done both political and industrial espionage against their allies.

If global manufacturers would get with the program and ship blob-free hardware with mainline Linux support, owners could pick their desired firmware and software poison. Until then, we have Cambrian hardware innovation, old kernels and mystery firmware from Shenzen, which can be compromised by a broad spectrum of hostile actors.

I hope it isn't a surprise that every country with sufficient resources and motives will do it to everyone else.