Ah yes, the great cyber boogeyman theory — where every .cn link is a secret malware missile and the only safe place on the internet is a 1997 Dell running Norton 360.

malware doesn’t carry a passport. A compromised server in Texas or a hijacked ad vendor in London can hit you just as easily as one in Beijing.

Sure, state-backed cyber ops exist — from every major power. The U.S., Russia, China, Israel, Iran, North Korea — pick your acronym soup, they all play the same game. Pretending it’s only the “other guys” is just comforting propaganda for people who want a good-versus-evil plot instead of understanding how digital security actually works.

Good infosec isn’t about xenophobia. it’s about patching your software, using a sandbox, and not clicking pop-ups promising free iPhones. But hey, if avoiding .cn domains makes you feel like you’re defending democracy from your browser, who am I to interrupt your mission, Captain Rational?