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Re:NSA Revelations Cast Doubt on the Entire Tech Industry by bsdetector on Saturday September 07, 2013 @10:14AM (#6345125)
That's rich. You can be imprisoned by your own UK government for having a file of random numbers and "refusing" to give the encryption key that doesn't exist, and neither citizens nor travelers have the right to even remain silent.

I think this anti-USA kick is misplaced anger about your own governments being happily in cahoots. Do you think US strong-armed UK into house arresting Assange or interrogating Miranda? The UK/USA liaisons are probably high-fiving each other over these things.

Germany apparently was using XKEYSCORE, but oh my where could that data have come from? The information fairy came and put it under their pillow!

Come on. Your governments are just as bad or worse and that's why these revelations are so troubling for you.

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Re:NSA Revelations Cast Doubt on the Entire Tech Industry by pfortuny on Saturday September 07, 2013 @10:24AM (#6345158)
You may be right but then again you might be wrong. I'd rather not psychoanalyze in the middle of a discussion. The universal police with a 10-year long jail with no trial is there, and it is not the UK's or Spain for that matter.

But I digress.

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