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People said the same thing about the government monitoring everyone's communications: "It could never be kept secret". Edward Snowden proved they were wrong, a
by prirun 5y ago
People said the same thing about the government monitoring everyone's communications: "It could never be kept secret". Edward Snowden proved they were wrong, and this was kept a secret, for years.
- wand3r 5y agoTo your point, it was even widely discussed in niche areas like tech blogs and HN. However, much the same way as this hypothesis it was dismissed as a conspiracy theory, widely debunked by “experts” and downplayed. Again, not claiming this makes lab leak a conspiracy, but the idea it needs to be 100% a secret does not need to be the case. The narrative just needs to be controlled to some extent.