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Seeing this peek into normal Iranian culture got me thinking... I wonder if "encouraging" theft of devices with hidden tracking apps like the one in the artic

Seeing this peek into normal Iranian culture got me thinking... I wonder if "encouraging" theft of devices with hidden tracking apps like the one in the article is an effective way for an intelligence service to gather information within a country. I also wonder from the peace or humanitarian side if similar windows into the lives of average Iranians (or other cultures) will help to push for normal (read: non-hostile) relations.

skore 14y ago
I have been on this planet long enough to know that every time I or somebody else says "I wonder if", it has probably already happened. Even more than that, it probably is already established principle for so long and to such a degree that the people following through with the "I wonder if" are already kind of bored of it and moved on to even more outlandish stuff.
zalew 14y ago
Windows into lives of average Iranians are widely available f.ex. through books and actually good Iranian cinema (one of which won an Oscar). No need to spy with laptop cams, seriously, and politicians don't care that people are nice.