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So you think using any of that protects you from the Chinese, KGB, etc.? Did you forget to block localStorage, too?
by toomanythings2 10y ago
So you think using any of that protects you from the Chinese, KGB, etc.? Did you forget to block localStorage, too?
- peterkelly 10y agoThe KGB ceased to exist in 1991 with the break-up of the Soviet Union, a full three years before HTTPS was invented. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS
- toomanythings2 10y agoHas nothing to do with my point. Quit pretending the Russians don't have a spy agency.
- grandalf 10y agoWe are supposed to fear the Chinese? Russians? The citizens of those nations should perhaps fear those governments, but the typical American has nothing whatsoever to fear from them.
- zymhan 10y agoMaybe if you're trying to make a point about spy agencies, you should learn what they're called first.
- toomanythings2 10y agoYou should be able to follow along without further help while staying on track with the subject.
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- drzaiusapelord 10y agoKGB/FSB are interchangeable. I don't think this pedantry invalidates his point. The reality is that if the US is caught doing something you can bet other countries are doing the same, and if not more, considering how little oversight autocratic states have. This is basic game theory and how countries handle foreign relations. Hell, Putin murders journalists on a whim. That's a far cry from cellphone tracking.
- puddintane 10y agoI wonder if Putin looked up to Stalin
- saiya-jin 10y agowell actions speak louder than anything, so I would say yes, with a 21st century approach (better PR)
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- aleksei 10y agoWhat's with the attitude? Calm down. They've only said they're more careful online (a good thing), not that they're actively trying to avoid government-level surveillance.
- toomanythings2 10y agoI wasn't talking to the article. I was talking to the commenter.