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Re:Russia says it can collect encryption keys to decode info... by krapp on Friday July 29, 2016 @08:44AM (#12186431)
> Like it or not the Internet was created by Americans, it was nurtured with American ideals of freedom, and countries who refuse to allow those standards should be barred from participating.

And it's been undermined by Americans, and been corrupted into a platform for American surveillance and cultural propaganda, thanks to the NSA and CIA.

The thing is, Putin sounds like a raving loon for saying things like "the internet is a CIA project," but he's not entirely wrong. The US created one of the greatest tools for freedom, communication and expression the world has ever known... and it's been been trying ever since to burn it down and plant the Stars and Stripes in the ashes.

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Re:Russia says it can collect encryption keys to decode info... by simbalion on Monday August 01, 2016 @12:19AM (#12200170)
Compared to other countries, entirely in my head and not in any scientific way, I think America has a better track record than some of protecting the internet from tyrannical government agents.
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