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PRISM was also disclosed through a whistleblower, not a FOIA request. I commend your naivete if you seriously think Apple was included in the old wiretaps but e
by bigyabai 1y ago
PRISM was also disclosed through a whistleblower, not a FOIA request. I commend your naivete if you seriously think Apple was included in the old wiretaps but exempted from the new ones.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> if you seriously think Apple was included in the old wiretaps but exempted from the new ones Irrelevant to the inaccuracy of the statement “Apple is part of PRISM.” Present tense. (Emphasis mine.) It’s important in these discussions to separate the nihilists who are convinced all is always lost from those who know what they’re talking about.
- bigyabai 1y agoIt's a pedantic distinction with presumably zero consequences. Which is important to identify as it separates the eternally hopeful from those who've seen this cycle before.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> It's a pedantic distinction with presumably zero consequences You say from unfalsifiable supposition. That’s fine. You may not be wrong. But if the only evidence is mis-citing a shuttered programme, that’s important to note, too.