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Re:Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for tot... by 3pt14159 on Monday January 08, 2018 @02:58PM (#16099791)
I always get downvoted when I talk about Snowden because people want to see it in all or nothing terms like you do but our governments don't just go around killing people that are trying to do the right thing.

Plus, if he wanted, he could have always set up a complex insurance scheme so that if he died the documents came out.

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Re:Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for tot... by iforgotpassword on Monday January 08, 2018 @05:47PM (#16101551)
Honest, I wouldn't have taken the risk either in his place. Going to your local senator sounds overly naive.
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