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Re:Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, s... by alistproducer2 on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @06:02PM (#21141228)
Not to be too cute but by relying on corporations you're trading one dictatorship for another. Im not saying an oppressive government is the same as Comcast. Im just making the point that neither entity is accountabile to the people they 'serve.'
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Re:Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, s... by gowld on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @06:24PM (#21141424)
No one is wholly trustworthy. That's why every additional option is a good option.
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Re:Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, s... by inetknght on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @06:51PM (#21141620)
> That's why every additional option is a good option.

Without the "but verify" part of trust, every additional option is just another name for the same thing

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