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This is a parallel of the common biblical translation "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" (Luke 6:31 and Matthew 7:12).

• px43 3y ago
  It's a quote from the movie Hackers from 1995. The line is "Snoop on to them as they snoop on to us", which is actually the name of the article, and the talk, but for some reason the title on Hacker News got mangled. Not sure what's up with that.
  • mplewis 3y ago
    The HN title matches the text in the video, the title on the website, and the slug in the URL.
    • px43 3y ago
      "you" and "us" are different words.