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Re:Spy agency ducks questions about 'back doors' in tech pro... by disown on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @12:45PM (#24920965)
> Before Snowden they would call you "paranoid"

No. They'd call you a "conspiracy theorist". By "they", I mean the news/media would call you a "conspiracy theorist".

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Re:Spy agency ducks questions about 'back doors' in tech pro... by AndrewBissell on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @01:13PM (#24921377)
It's cool how "conspiracy theories" are always false, because the instant something which had been dismissed using the term is confirmed to be true, it's no longer a theory!
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