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Re:NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders by slashdotaccount on Thursday October 24, 2013 @08:42PM (#6609082)
Information has become the most valueable thing. Whoever controls it, they surely do have much more power than any elected leader.
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Re:NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders by r00fus on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:27PM (#6609220)
Being elected means being public. In the information security state, that's a huge weakness.

When pervasive monitoring is the normal, the powerful are those not being monitored.

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