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Re:France's Largest Semiconductor Company Got Nationalized (... by orthecreedence on Thursday January 26, 2023 @08:43PM (#34541450)
And soon nations might even build enormous surveillance apparatuses by forcing "private" companies to participate in mass data sharing programs. Can you imagine??
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Re:France's Largest Semiconductor Company Got Nationalized (... by pksebben on Friday January 27, 2023 @02:33AM (#34543589)
why bother? all that data is for sale, and relatively cheap. is this an actual thing that is in the works?
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Re:France's Largest Semiconductor Company Got Nationalized (... by setuids on Friday January 27, 2023 @04:16AM (#34544170)
I believe that is a reference to programs such as PRISM which indeed do force companies to hand over large amounts of data to the government (agencies)
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