OpenInfra General Manager talks sovereignty, governments deploying tech 'kill switches'

Kubecon Sovereignty was a big topic was at last week's Kubecon, and Thierry Carrez, the General Manager of the OpenInfra Foundation, shared strong feelings around it that included raising the idea that tech companies might be forced by their countries' governments to deploy "kill switches."

Even though Kubecon might almost be called AIcon, judging by the sheer number of announcements and vendors plugging the technology, there was also plenty of interest in sovereignty, despite the Kubecon organizers relegating Day 0 discussions to a hard-to-find room away from the rest of the conference.

Still, at least it was there, and there were a few nods to the subject during the second day's keynotes. A vendor at the conference explained that the topic had been a late addition, but one whose importance is set to grow.

Carrez opened the Day 0 sovereignty sessions, and we spoke to him about sovereignty ...