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The U.S. does it too is not a reason to dismiss the claims brought by these type of posts.

• henryfjordan 4y ago
  Yes it does. If someone complains about somebody else doing the exact same thing they are doing, then the issue isn't with the action but the "somebody else", aka racism.
  • macintux 4y ago
    Or the “somebody else”, geopolitical rival with unfriendly motives.
  • panny 4y ago
    Correct. My subtle point is authoritarian Americans only care about spyware data when it is out of their reach
• tzs 4y ago
  I'm not so sure. A ton of apps and sites and businesses in the US collect a ton of information and sell it to data brokers. Even many state governments give or sell plenty of personal data to data brokers, such as voter data and driver's license data. There is little to no regulation of the data broker business. Stopping Americans from using foreign owned apps over fear that foreign governments will get too much personal data seems pointless because those foreign governments can just buy data from American data brokers. You can't realistically expect to have personal data largely unprotected within your country and at the same time expect to keep that data within the country.
• operationGladio 4y ago
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