fwiw towards your theory, I believe that the US Govt actually considers cloud providers - by way of specific services offered "dual use" systems for mil or civi

fwiw towards your theory, I believe that the US Govt actually considers cloud providers - by way of specific services offered "dual use" systems for mil or civil use. E.g. you will find references in AWS docs to Bureau of Industry/Security rulings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-use_technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-use_technology https://www.bis.gov/ https://www.bis.gov/ https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/global-export-compliance/ https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/global-export-compliance/