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Re:The US is now the largest investor in commercial spyware by falcor84 on Thursday September 11, 2025 @12:18PM (#45213364)
What do you mean? What would lead to government surveillance decreasing?
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Re:The US is now the largest investor in commercial spyware by wil421 on Thursday September 11, 2025 @12:25PM (#45213427)
No he means crime will dramatically decrease and surveillance will increase. I’d be inclined to agree.
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Re:The US is now the largest investor in commercial spyware by falcor84 on Friday September 12, 2025 @03:23AM (#45219569)
D'oh, I suppose I just have some default mental schema that processed the sentence assuming "former" before "latter".
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Re:The US is now the largest investor in commercial spyware by generalizations on Friday September 12, 2025 @12:56PM (#45224148)
Yeah, figured that making it hard to parse would make it more likely people were thoughtful about their replies. In this climate, it's likely to attract a flamewar if I just spell it out.
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