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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by dontbenebby on Saturday September 14, 2019 @11:25AM (#20971366)
>What a bizarre statement. Providing for security is also inherent to sovereignty of nations, but private security firms flourish.

Private security firms are also not ideal.

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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by clarkmoody on Saturday September 14, 2019 @04:16PM (#20973470)
The alternative is that all matters of security become political.

We've seen plenty of examples where politically controlled security forces have done terrible things to significant portions of the citizenry they are presumably there to "protect & serve."

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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by ClumsyPilot on Saturday September 14, 2019 @10:19PM (#20975182)
And, without politics and law, who are private security firms accountable to? The highest bidder?
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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by mythrwy on Saturday September 14, 2019 @11:44AM (#20971519)
From some perspectives.
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