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A comment on Cisco’s Attempt to Dodge Responsibility for Facilitating Human Rights Abuses. Parent comment

Re:Cisco’s Attempt to Dodge Responsibility for Facilitating ... by jonathankoren on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @04:59PM (#11530372)
No, but what if there is some sort of NSA backdoor? I have no evidence of one, but if they're willing to build special hardware for another country's secret police, why not?
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Re:Cisco’s Attempt to Dodge Responsibility for Facilitating ... by tptacek on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @05:14PM (#11530485)
That's a legit question. If you'll design software specifically to help China persecute a religion, it's hard to imagine pushing back too hard on a lawful request from your own government.
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