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Re:Snowden: NSA just lost control of its Top Secret arsenal ... by throwaway71958 on Saturday April 08, 2017 @05:28PM (#14069136)
To my ear, this obfuscation sounds Middle Eastern, due to the frequent use of "-ing" in verbs whether it belongs there or not. I know an Iranian guy who does this a lot.
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Re:Snowden: NSA just lost control of its Top Secret arsenal ... by diminoten on Saturday April 08, 2017 @06:08PM (#14069323)
The whole point is to feed it through translation services dozens of times until the meaning remains but the actual word selection is super poor and completely unidentifiable.

It's weird to me that you're trying to push this to blame another group so quickly, especially with an 8 day old account.

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Re:Snowden: NSA just lost control of its Top Secret arsenal ... by mirimir on Saturday April 08, 2017 @06:22PM (#14069387)
Yes, that's what I do sometimes, using offline apps with local dictionaries.
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