One Year After ‘The Big Hack’

Re:One Year After ‘The Big Hack’ by jakobegger on Monday December 30, 2019 @01:45PM (#21915658)

If your own government sends you a manipulated device, is that really better than a foreign government sending you a manipulated device?

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Re:One Year After ‘The Big Hack’ by imgabe on Monday December 30, 2019 @02:02PM (#21915781)

You pay taxes to your government, right? Is that really better than sending your money to a foreign government?

Of course a manipulated device isn't ideal, but if it's one where I at least have some say in the government and that can in a lot of cases be trusted to respect human rights that's better.

I mean are you actually asking if it's better to be ruled by the US government than the Chinese government? It is possible to go see for yourself.

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Re:One Year After ‘The Big Hack’ by jakobegger on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @04:49AM (#21919975)

First of all, I don't live in the US.

I pay taxes to my government so that they build infrastructure, run public services, etc. Foreign governments normally don't do anything for me, so I don't pay them taxes (unless I'm travelling or doing business abroad, etc)

I can think of no scenario where it would be acceptable that my government intercepts and manipulates a device that I ordered. If they would do that, I would protest and complain loudly.

Also, I'm not "ruled" by my government. The government provides services and creates laws for the people. I don't live in a dictatorship.

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Re:One Year After ‘The Big Hack’ by unlinked_dll on Monday December 30, 2019 @02:54PM (#21916129)

Yes. Doubly so when the other nation is controlled by Xi's Chinese Communist Party.

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