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hvklos
8y ago
How did that work out for you when the PATRIOT Act was passed?
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hvklos
8y ago
They’d probably try to compel app stores to support individual targeting as a first step. If the Australian versions haven’t shut down in the next few weeks, it’s a pretty sure bet that they’ll have been compromised.
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hvklos
8y ago
Compromised version dropped onto phone of a target? Most people are reliant on App Stores for their apps, so that will be a likely vector. We don’t run checksums on desktop software, let alone software from App Stores.
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hvklos
8y ago
Sure, this strategy may work in China but Australia is a Western nation where freedom is taken seriously. That’s the carefully cultivated reality distortion field at work. It may look that way from the outside, but it’s a tightly controll
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hvklos
8y ago
If they want to continue doing business in Australia (and they very much do) Meh. 25 million people, and not a top ten economy. Australia has a powerful reality distortion field that makes it seem more important than it is. Must be the to