Also, it should apply regardless of where they are manufactured. It's far more likely for an attack to happen through a compromised centralized server, or a worm compromising embedded servers en masse, than it is for an authority to directly petition an attack.

Also, my inverter wasn't manufactured in China, but the Wi-Fi module was made by Shanghai MXCHIP Information Technology Co., so it's no less vulnerable.

    Seven former eBay employees and contractors pleaded guilty, and prison sentences were issued to former eBay security executives James Baugh (57 months), David Harville (24 months), Philip Cooke (18 months), and Stephanie Popp (12 months). Two others received a year in home confinement and another was sentenced to time served and a year of supervised release.

    const std = @import("std");
    const File = std.Io.File;
    
    pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
        _ = try File.stdout().writeStreamingAll(init.io, "Hello, World!\n");
    }

Some fields have such poor quality human-generated output that AI-generated output is very capable in comparison, for example: https://xkcd.com/2030/

I generally stick with forums, as they usually meet those requirements.

Connecting to an open WiFi network would definitely not be covered.

GPS bands are from 11 to just over 15 MHz, depending on the band, but decoding is extremely complex, so it's usually done with dedicated hardware, so a microcontroller only needs to read the handful of bytes that hardware outputs per update, and most receivers default to only a single update per second, and max out at tens per second.

    …a new database from scratch to compete with them all…

Any time there's a conflict between any of those personality traits and their opposite, the the people in the former group will win out over time, unless the trade-offs are stark enough to force an equalization no matter peoples' preferences. It's especially apparent in success of companies, because the competitive nature of an open market allows for changes much faster than the more stringent controls of a government operation.

Companies that are worrywarts don't invest in new markets, and go out of business. This was well documented in The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen. Also, companies that have strict work schedules for office employees that otherwise do not have a scheduled meeting don't attract enough productive employees and do not get as much out of their employees. Those companies are outpaced by those with accommodating schedules. Something similar is happening with strict requirements on where someone works, for example requiring employees to work in an office even when no one they collaborate with works in the same office.

Daylight savings time is a bit slower to change, due to the literal act of congress required, but forcing early-birdism is something we've tried in the past, and completely failed at, nearly 50 years ago, so it's about time we try again, likely with the same outcome as the negative effects are very clear. We aren't like to switch permanent standard time, as the people who prefer it aren't as forceful as those who prefer not to have it, but if we did most of the negative effects of permanent daylight savings time would be reversed, so we could actually keep it.