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I'm not saying America is innocent, but those are materially different things with different motivations and risks. The reactions would rightly be different.
by dtjb 5y ago
I'm not saying America is innocent, but those are materially different things with different motivations and risks. The reactions would rightly be different.
- joshgrib 5y agoHow are the motivations and risks different? The motivation seems like "country wants more information to use against people" and the risk is that they do it. At least in recent history (~50 yrs) the US has done way more damage globally through its intelligence agencies than probably any other country
- tablespoon 5y ago> The motivation seems like "country wants more information to use against people" and the risk is that they do it. IIRC, the intelligence utility of hotel booking data is for counterintelligence, so it's more like "use against other spies." They're looking for situations where spies/sources are traveling to the same place to meet.
- oxfordmale 5y agoThe problem is that if America is able to do such a hack, other state actors are more than capable to do the same, however, we may just not know about it as they covered their tracks better.