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Re:Rule 41 Proposes to Grant New Hacking Powers to the Gover... by ___ab___ on Sunday May 01, 2016 @08:39AM (#11605955)
Most concepts posted about on HN, and for that matter, discussed by the EFF, are "little-known." The inclusion of that description in the headline is obviously intended to make the reader believe that the committee is up to no good in secret, not that most people simply don't know of it.
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Re:Rule 41 Proposes to Grant New Hacking Powers to the Gover... by pdkl95 on Sunday May 01, 2016 @10:03AM (#11606203)
Why are you pretending that the EFF is writing headlines for HN? We are not the (only) intended audience.

I find it very unlikely that you don't understand this.

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Re:Rule 41 Proposes to Grant New Hacking Powers to the Gover... by justratsinacoat on Sunday May 01, 2016 @12:33PM (#11606803)
Oh well -- the EFF knows that if they write for themselves, there'll be lower-brow comment-threads full of 'lol wtf bbq' and no one will take them seriously because they won't understand. Write accessibly, and well-read nitpickers of a HN-like brow alignment will pick apart their clickbait headlines. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
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Re:Rule 41 Proposes to Grant New Hacking Powers to the Gover... by studentrob on Sunday May 01, 2016 @11:42AM (#11606582)
Agreed. Many things in news are little known. That's often what makes it news.
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