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Re:TPP could thwart computer security research and tinkering by faragon on Friday October 16, 2015 @05:34AM (#10398291)
In my opinion moves to global unification are unavoidable. Free trade also makes the world richer and better. Against the TPP there are justified complaints, that must be addressed (e.g. individual freedom), and others that are plain anti-capitalist propaganda.

One world, with freedom and abundance for all.

Re:TPP could thwart computer security research and tinkering by ionised on Friday October 16, 2015 @06:18AM (#10398441)
That freedom and abundance will only ever reach a small subsection of the global population.

These treaties are written by the wealthy for the wealthy. The average schmuck will be worse off.

So this TTP and TTIP can go fuck themselves.

Re:TPP could thwart computer security research and tinkering by joesmo on Friday October 16, 2015 @09:50AM (#10399213)
Whenever 'freedom' is mentioned in such a context, it obviously means the lack of freedom as in the USA Freedom Act, Freedom Fries, etc. Free trade is therefore, anything but.
Re:TPP could thwart computer security research and tinkering by qb45 on Friday October 16, 2015 @06:13AM (#10398426)
The article surely is full of anti-corporate paranoia, but their points about security research of safety-critical systems is certainly valid and destruction of private property used for reverse engineering doesn't exactly sound like free trade. If TPP contains this kind of stuff, one may wonder if it has anything to do with trade and unification at all, unless by unification you mean "monopolization by obfuscation".
Re:TPP could thwart computer security research and tinkering by beedogs on Friday October 16, 2015 @05:48AM (#10398330)
The "abundance" in your world is limited mostly to Western nations and comes at the expense of everyone else.
Re:TPP could thwart computer security research and tinkering by pjc50 on Friday October 16, 2015 @05:50AM (#10398337)
Not just "Western nations", but western companies. And by western companies, I mean the Cayman-registered holding companies that record all the profit for multinationals.

And perhaps a few billionaires as well.

Re:TPP could thwart computer security research and tinkering by ionised on Friday October 16, 2015 @06:20AM (#10398448)
This is the kicker.

It's not even the average working person in the West that will benefit, it's big business.