EU border system was down 3 of 6 trips — researcher says don't bet on sovereign tech
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-17
Researcher Afinetheorem shares a first-hand data point: across 6 recent trips to the EU, the EU-run new border control system was down 3 times, causing massive lines and missed flights. "I would not bet on the success of sovereign tech."
The implied argument: if a government-built, mission-critical system run by the EU's own IT department manages only 50% availability, sovereign-tech strategies face a harsh engineering reality.
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