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I'm not proposing anything legal or technical; simply that there is appears to be a dissonance between how some view the acceptability of allowing government an
by Rapzid 8y ago
I'm not proposing anything legal or technical; simply that there is appears to be a dissonance between how some view the acceptability of allowing government and corporations to violate "rights" and "liberties" at home vs abroad. If that can't be overcome, I don't know how we could ever make progress on the technicalities.
- Bartweiss 8y agoOh, entirely endorsed then. I may have been a bit quick on the gun because I've seen some rather loopy proposals to enshrine that non-distinction in law, but I certainly agree that there's an alarming moral incoherence. The idea that it's somehow better for an American company to help regressive, unelected governments abroad spy on people than to do the same at home is nastily backwards. Hell, even the idea that it's fine for international companies like that to source their labor in the US (a la Hacking Team) is loathsome, and I'm not sure why it doesn't draw more criticism.