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A comment on Hong Kong Baffled by Snowden’s Hideout. Parent comment

Re:Hong Kong Baffled by Snowden’s Hideout by joonix on Monday June 10, 2013 @09:32AM (#5854169)
Or that the programs are not being abused widely for surveillance outside of their stated purpose?
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Re:Hong Kong Baffled by Snowden’s Hideout by revscat on Monday June 10, 2013 @10:04AM (#5854388)
Not worth it. The risk from totalitarian regimes is far greater than the risk from terrorism. Governments have more resources, by far. Even if we assume that PRISM is being used completely above-the-board the potential for abuse is still large enough to warrant reconsideration.
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