Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus revelations

Re:Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus r... by TaylorAlexander on Monday July 19, 2021 @05:56PM (#27887709)

Ah yes, the efficiency of the free market. Where companies with deep pockets get kids hooked on their product early so they can abuse them for the rest of their lives.

In these cases I think administrative oversight of broad and long term benefits to society is important, rather than the more narrow decision of "this choice will benefit next year's budget". Early offers by Microsoft were in a way a trap that kept schools and students paying for decades.

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Re:Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus r... by blfr on Monday July 19, 2021 @08:38PM (#27888937)

Ah yes, the efficiency of the free market.

Schools in California are government-run, zoned, and compulsory. A complete opposite of the free market.

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Re:Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus r... by TaylorAlexander on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @01:08AM (#27890273)

I suppose I specifically mean free-market thinking applied to government services. This would be a symptom of neoliberalism. [1] Allowing discounts from private corporations to influence government policy, instead of looking at what would be best from a broader perspective.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism

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Re:Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus r... by Clubber on Monday July 19, 2021 @09:33PM (#27889229)

That purchased operating systems created by the free market.

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