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Regardless of what it is how many here jumping for joy if instead of a "noble security researcher" those tactics were being used against people peddling untaxed
by throwaway0a5e 6y ago
Regardless of what it is how many here jumping for joy if instead of a "noble security researcher" those tactics were being used against people peddling untaxed goods, rubber stamping commercial motor vehicle inspections or some other "you need to extrapolate out at least a few steps to find a victim" type crime? The government only gets away with this stuff because people turn a blind eye when its done to people they don't like.
- pasquinelli 6y agono, the government gets away with this stuff because they have power. people turn a blind eye because it doesn't matter if they don't, because they don't have power.
- solveit 6y agoThe government gets away with this stuff because people can't coordinate their power, which looks basically the same as powerless people turning a blind eye. You guys are describing two facets of the same thing, but the people do in fact have more power than the government.
- dTal 6y agoThey can coordinate their power; it's called "government". Government employs about 15% of the labor force in America, and that's not even including contractors for whom government is the only customer. Any large-scale coordination will necessarily eclipse the individual and take on a life of its own; you can't really have it both ways.