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Re:The window to deploy surveillance-resistant systems is ru... by avgcorrection on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @01:43PM (#30089842)
God, all these ellipsis and references to vague fears is tiring.

The pandemic didn’t turn out to be a bogeyman that had no impact. Oh shucks—just a common cold after. But I guess that’s too “blue pill” of me to say.

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Re:The window to deploy surveillance-resistant systems is ru... by azangru on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @08:10PM (#30094664)
However much of a bogeyman the pandemic turned out to be, the concern is that the state, proverbially, doesn't let a good crisis go to waste. Such was the case after 9/11; and there are signs that such is also the case now.
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Re:The window to deploy surveillance-resistant systems is ru... by avgcorrection on Thursday January 27, 2022 @08:36AM (#30100358)
I agree that the aftermath of 9/11 wasn’t handled properly. You can’t react to a terror attack by becoming more afraid of terrorism—that just means that the terror attack was a success.
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