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Re:VPN – Very Precarious Narrative by dsl on Monday April 08, 2019 @12:54AM (#19602243)
That is the FSB (or (ФСБ). FSM isn't the acronym or a transliteration of any known national intelligence service.

FSB - Federal Security Service, Russia

MSS - Ministry of State Security, China

DGSE - General Directorate for External Security, France

FSM - Federated States of Micronesia National Police would be my best guess. They do dignitary protection and counter-narcotics, so I would assume they have at least some intelligence function.

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Re:VPN – Very Precarious Narrative by jpatokal on Monday April 08, 2019 @01:15AM (#19602341)
Given that Micronesia has a population of 100k, I wouldn't worry too much about their secret service.

I presume OP meant FSM as in Flying Spaghetti Monster as a stand-in for any organization that might wish to spy on you with its noodly appendages.

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