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Re:NSA spied through Angry Birds, other apps: report (2014) by OutOfHere on Thursday May 08, 2025 @12:49AM (#43923145)
Ad-tech does not put people in prison or deport them. The NSA does, via parallel reconstruction.
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Re:NSA spied through Angry Birds, other apps: report (2014) by kjkjadksj on Thursday May 08, 2025 @01:19AM (#43923282)
No it just takes the money out of their pocket and makes them addicted to things so it is Ok.
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Re:NSA spied through Angry Birds, other apps: report (2014) by OutOfHere on Thursday May 08, 2025 @01:23AM (#43923297)
It is not okay, but it is not anywhere as bad as what the government does in the name of security.
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Re:NSA spied through Angry Birds, other apps: report (2014) by Barracoon on Thursday May 08, 2025 @04:02PM (#43930703)
The NSA does not do either of those things
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Re:NSA spied through Angry Birds, other apps: report (2014) by OutOfHere on Saturday May 10, 2025 @09:31PM (#43950499)
They do on occasion pass their intel to other domestic agencies which then do the field work of parallel reconstruction and locking people up.

Additionally, the NSA has been silently sabotaging computer security for decades with their exploitable backdoors, making things worse for everyone.

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