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Well we all knew that the Russians didn't care about privacy ... what was shocking about Snowden revelations is that this kind of surveillance happens in a nati
by jmnicolas 13y ago
Well we all knew that the Russians didn't care about privacy ... what was shocking about Snowden revelations is that this kind of surveillance happens in a nation that presents itself as a free country.
- drdaeman 13y agoThere's no single "Russians" entity that has a solid opinion on this matter. Many Russians do generally care about communications privacy, many don't know a thing about how telcos work (so they're genuinely unaware on the whole matter), and many don't care about privacy as long as they're not confronted with privacy issues directly (i.e. their private conversations suddenly getting public).
- jmnicolas 13y agoOff course I was talking about the Russian government. I guess the average Russian citizen has enough fear left from the soviet era (or the current one for that matter) to know that it would be unwise to question how the government handle surveillance.