Comment by kube-system
1 year ago
Given that top GPUs are sanctioned, I'm sure preventing access to them remotely is a part of this. But just generally speaking, doing any malicious crap out of an EC2 instance is an easy way for a foreign actor in China/Russia/Iran to look more legit.
As if they won't just use a stolen identity. And like usual the victim will never even find out because it won't show up on their credit report.
Of course, people who want to circumvent laws will always attempt to do so. That doesn't mean all legal mitigations are useless.
Indeed it does not.
But that also doesn't mean this legal mitigation is either useful or worthwhile.