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The Chinese government is not monolithic. There are individual people in their government, any of which who have access can do nefarious things.
by ldiracdelta 9y ago
The Chinese government is not monolithic. There are individual people in their government, any of which who have access can do nefarious things.
- eesmith 9y agoI don't think people need a reminder of that. The US government also isn't a monolith, as J. Edgar Hoover's abuse of power as the head of the FBI reminds us.
- ldiracdelta 9y agoOf course. This statement: > That kind of ticky-tack stuff seems more like the work of organized crime ring seems like you are idealizing China. I idealize neither and wish my privacy to be wrenched back from the illegal search and seizure of the NSA.
- eesmith 9y agoThat "you" isn't me.
- emodendroket 9y agoI'm not "idealizing" China; I just think that, realistically, credit card fraud is a weird tack for a large world power to take. If we're talking about rogue individuals, OK, but you probably need a local fence, complicating things, and you could make the same argument about just about any entity you interact with. I'd say the risk of a call center employee stealing your SSN to commit fraud is higher than someone in the MSS doing the same.