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> For instance, leaking how the US is spying on foreign nations, which is the whole reason for the NSA to exist. True, but this also paints the US leaders as h
by pyre 11y ago
> For instance, leaking how the US is spying on foreign nations, which is the whole reason for the NSA to exist.
True, but this also paints the US leaders as hypocrites. Snowden showed that the NSA was hacking Chinese computers at a time when the US was loudly proclaiming innocence while denouncing "Chinese hacking."
- irishcoffee 11y agoOf course the US denies that. China denies they do it to the US, but they "hack" the US every single day. China has to deny it as well. Admitting hacking could be seen as an act of war. Use your brain.
- pyre 11y ago> Admitting hacking could be seen as an act of war. Use your brain. It's less about the US openly admitting to it, and more about the general public not using their brains and eating up what the politicians are serving them. Many in the US take those "evil Chinese hackers" statements at face-value and would believe that the US would only be hacking military targets in China (rather than hacking the Chinese general public to create botnets, etc).