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Re:U.S. tightens export controls on items used in surveillan... by solarkraft on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @07:58PM (#28938487)
You present it like the people in charge of doing these things are incompetent, but a lot points towards the domain just being that hard to control.
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Re:U.S. tightens export controls on items used in surveillan... by peteradio on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @09:17PM (#28939089)
In OPs precise instance wouldn't that be some form of incompetence given the stated goals of that funding? A competent reviewer would potentially be able to see these things in the code without tools.
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