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Re:Rule 41 Proposes to Grant New Hacking Powers to the Gover... by rtpg on Sunday May 01, 2016 @08:38AM (#11605952)
I agree with most of the goals of the EFF, but their blog is basically one misleading description after another for these things. A comment like yours ends up being the top comment for any links to the blog.

Someone might comment that the gov't does the same thing, but that's no excuse for such intellectual dishonesty.

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Re:Rule 41 Proposes to Grant New Hacking Powers to the Gover... by vcarl on Sunday May 01, 2016 @01:23PM (#11606982)
Agreed, as much as I support the ideals of the EFF, this kind of misleading scare tactic really rubs me the wrong way. It feels like they're compromising the moral high ground in order to elicit a larger response--which I understand might be the straightest path to accomplishing their goals, but it feels dirty.
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