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Yes, that's right. I wonder whether Snowden could foresee this consequence of the leaks. It's obvious - the countries which possess such technologies will have
by greyman 13y ago
Yes, that's right. I wonder whether Snowden could foresee this consequence of the leaks.
It's obvious - the countries which possess such technologies will have big advantage over countries which do not, so they have no other option as to pursue the same capabilities.
The only other possibility would be for the Internet to "reinvent itself" to provide true privacy and anonymity, but that is probably not doable.
- mtgx 13y agoIt's doable. But to achieve that and create a "new" Internet, the governments will need to break this Internet, and make it increasingly a more awful and dangerous place to be on. I'm really pissed off at governments for doing this because so many services were starting to be so convenient. But now we'll have to take back much of that convenience to get more secure - all because the governments want to abuse that power, and because seemingly the people are not united and strong enough to demand a change of policy.
- dllthomas 13y agoMy understanding is that the contractors that built this capability are selling it internationally anyway. The only thing that's US-specific or surprising about the system is its interaction with our particular laws and particular rights, which it doesn't need to pretend to respect in other regimes.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoKind of takes the piss out of the argument that we have to keep all of this a secret for "national security"
- dllthomas 13y agoShhhh.