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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by icebraining on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @04:23PM (#16971144)
No, the trick works the other way around; they pretend they want to talk to someone, but then talk to someone else. They never pretend to be someone else.
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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by s73v3r_ on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @04:36PM (#16971289)
They're still dragging an unrelated and unconsenting party into the mix.
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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by zoltaan on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @08:16PM (#16972994)
Right. Even so, don't you see problem in that too? Pretending doing one but in fact doing other?

Just imagine using that for a non noble cause....

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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by icebraining on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @02:56AM (#16974735)
I actually can't :) I mean, I can see why one would oppose it because of how it affects Amazon, but I can't see how it could be used for a non-noble cause.
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