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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @07:47AM (#16976002)
The adversary is going to shoot down all packets that don't have certain labels on them.

Refusing to put those labels on packets is not putting anyone in harm's way. It's a refusal to help them treat certain classes above others.

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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @07:51AM (#16976017)
In your strategy you only have three choices - put your own label, put someone else's label, or just give up. The labels are necessary for routing. If you put someone else's label on your packets, you're turning them into a potential target.
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