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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by geowwy on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @01:07AM (#15447436)
A lot of that is because Russia and China don't feel very secure compared to the US for various historical/geopolitical reasons. The US govt is known to act ruthlessly when it feels there's an existential threat.
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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by rtpg on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @01:39AM (#15447531)
Feel like this is moving goalposts, especially given the context of this discussion (IT corps protecting their users from the government).

Think about the fact that the FBI had to actually get a warrant to even begin talking to Lavabit. They had to actually go through bureaucracy. It was not instantly handed over to them on request.

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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by codedokode on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @02:02PM (#15451760)
But they have successfully shut down the Lavabit as a result.
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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by foxhedgehog on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @01:51AM (#15447565)
As a Ukrainian Jew, the idea that Russia doesn't act as, if not more, ruthlessly than the U.S. is pretty laughable.
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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by AtlasLion on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @02:14AM (#15447632)
As an Arab Muslim, the idea that the US is any better is laughable.
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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by foxhedgehog on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @04:51AM (#15448249)
You must not live in Afghanistan.
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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by azureel on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @02:26AM (#15447680)
As a Turkish atheist, I cannot even express my feelings on the Internet.
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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by Synaesthesia on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @02:39AM (#15447711)
The Soviet Union committed far worse crimes up to the 1950’s. The US did far worse (Vietnam, Iraq, many other wars) since WW2.
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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by foxhedgehog on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @04:52AM (#15448258)
The Russian government is presently bombing hospitals in Syria.
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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by Synaesthesia on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @09:52AM (#15449737)
Sure. So did the US in Mosul.
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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by HalfwayToDice on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @01:27AM (#15447491)
Arrant nonsense
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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by dang on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @02:34AM (#15447697)
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