Repercussions are a bitch.

Semiconductor fabrication does not need to be done abroad anymore. I used to contract for Intel, Motorola, Lattice, Zilog so I've seen modern semiconductor fabrication. It's all automated. The wafers are all fabricated automatically, testing is automated. I mean, seriously, there's very little human labor involved. Add the international shipping delays, I don't understand why we continue to use China to fabricate our silicone.

It's frightening how easy it is to add extra stuff to chips these days. They operate at such a high level that it can easily monitor packets etc. and send them elsewhere. With so many system-on-a-chip arrangements, they control the entire design so it's easy for it to use all the resources of the system, invisibly.