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There's some speculation and evidence[0] that a great deal of state surveillance is actually dedicated to state-sponsored industrial espionage. On some level, a
by jimbob45 5y ago
There's some speculation and evidence[0] that a great deal of state surveillance is actually dedicated to state-sponsored industrial espionage. On some level, any government is going to have to match rival governments' corporate spying or risk falling behind.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_espionage#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_espionage#United_St...
- miketery 5y agoCan you explain further? Are you saying domestic surveillance is leveraged by external state actors? Or that domestic surveillance is used to stop external state actors ?
- staplers 5y agoIt's obviously implied US agencies are spying on foreign corporations/companies to bring trade secrets to US corporations/companies/agencies.
- pabs3 5y agoIt was revealed by Snowden that the USA's NSA does this: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/snowden-nsa-conducts-industrial-espionage-too/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/snowden-nsa-conducts-industrial... https://www.bbc.com/news/25907502 https://www.bbc.com/news/25907502
- esyir 5y agoTo be honest, this seems perfectly fine to me. This is the exact sort of thing that I expect most countries to do anyway.