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3 stories tagged us-sanctions, newest first.

Screenshot of tomshardware.com: US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS

US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS (tomshardware.com)

313 points by mywacaday 27 days ago | 282 comments

Tom's Hardware news article on the Netherlands developing a NixOS-based software ecosystem to replace Microsoft after US sanctions on the ICC, with a first release expected end of 2027.

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Screenshot of letsencrypt.org: Let's Encrypt bans certificate usage in any US sanctioned territory [pdf]

Let's Encrypt bans certificate usage in any US sanctioned territory [pdf](letsencrypt.org)

402 points by piskov 4 months ago | 333 comments

PDF diff of the Let's Encrypt Subscriber Agreement version 1.7 (June 4, 2026), the legal terms governing use of ISRG-issued SSL/TLS certificates.

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Screenshot of heise.de: How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USA

How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USA (heise.de)

334 points by i-con 11 months ago | 380 comments

Heise article on how ICC judge Nicolas Guillou, sanctioned by the US, finds the effects mainly in losing access to digital services.

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#us-sanctions on Hacker News

US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS(tomshardware.com)

Let's Encrypt bans certificate usage in any US sanctioned territory [pdf](letsencrypt.org)

How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USA(heise.de)

US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS (tomshardware.com)

How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USA (heise.de)