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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by IAmBroom on Monday December 15, 2025 @10:42AM (#46275943)
"Why doesn't the state protect everyone from ___?" is a naive question.

Almost anything can be a significant security issue for the state. They have to carefully choose where they are going to spend effort & money.

And they pick whatever will keep them safely in power... which never ever includes "strict regulation of vacuum cleaners".

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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by PaulDavisThe1st on Monday December 15, 2025 @11:04AM (#46276249)
> which never ever includes "strict regulation of vacuum cleaners

but has routinely included "network and encryption related technologies".

It's just that these two worlds now, amazingly and probably incorrectly, overlap.

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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by CamperBob2 on Monday December 15, 2025 @12:04PM (#46277141)
The government's idea of regulating encryption-related technologies is to prohibit anyone but the government from using them. No, thanks.
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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by Tangurena2 on Monday December 15, 2025 @05:20PM (#46281615)
We don't regulate/protect the SCADA systems that run utilities like water treatment plants and the power transmission system.
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