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Re:WeChat confirms it makes all private user data available ... by shallot_router on Friday September 22, 2017 @04:33PM (#15315549)
They're stupid if they're just saying something everyone already knows. It'd be like saying "the US government assassinates civilians with unmanned airborne vehicles" or something.
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Re:WeChat confirms it makes all private user data available ... by akvadrako on Friday September 22, 2017 @08:21PM (#15317197)
It's borderline. Even if all the people in the know know it, it wasn't accepted as fact when it was't convenient. Or rather, politicians could pretend it wasn't real / a problem.
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