Simple solution: Only let contracts where verifiably senior company technical employees are to accompany equipment in war and peace, and to have all technical data in their possession, verified unencrypted.
After they're all dead, the president signs an executive order confiscating all on-site data and equipment, and authorizing military to repair. This would also be spelled out in the contract.
As the article is overtly political, I'll make a political response and cut to the chase:
Trump is the most for-sale candidate and president in history. He solicited $1B in campaign contribution directly from a meeting with oil execs, in return for signing any Executive Orders they cared to submit.
As for Vance, he was brought to Silicon Valley and re-tooled, Manchurian-like, then sent back to Washington.
I think the only compelling use case that applies to every IoT user is selling their data; the user as product.
In that sense, every connected device is just another implementation of the exact same thing: a surveiling data collector. What the user thinks of as the device's main purpose is a mere implementation detail.
I had peanut butter toast on sourdough yesterday. The Man knew nothing about it. Bwa ha ha ha!
Your overpayment today funds your children's and grandchildren's more effective overpayments.
It's your legacy.