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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by tomludus on Sunday January 22, 2017 @07:51PM (#13458775) 

  One reason that leaders as diametrically    opposed as Obama and Trump can be aligned on surveillance is simple: The majority of Americans don’t care.
The reason why this keeps getting worse and worse.
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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by pitaj on Sunday January 22, 2017 @08:55PM (#13459071)
Just for future reference, please don't quote using the four-spaces code block. It can make it difficult to read on mobile, and often requires scrolling from side to side on desktop.

Please, instead, use the `>` (meme arrow). While it does not add markup, it does make it significantly more readable. Thanks.

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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by stefantalpalaru on Sunday January 22, 2017 @09:07PM (#13459142)
> `>` (meme arrow)

It's much older: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_quoting

...and it looks suspiciously similar to the "diple" used by ancient Greeks: http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2015/01/30/quotati...

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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by pitaj on Monday January 23, 2017 @02:03AM (#13460403)
Oh I'm sure it is. I just called it that because it's funny.
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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by boomboomsubban on Sunday January 22, 2017 @08:15PM (#13458888)
Partially, it's also that anyone strongly opposed to surveillance realistically can't get elected to high office. If you oppose the intelligence agencies, they have access to the data necessary to ruin you by leaking that your running mate had ECT or someone similar.
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