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PRC Targeting of Commercial Telecommunications Infrastructure

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basilgohar ◴[14 Nov 24 01:07 UTC] No.42132069[source]▶
> and the copying of certain information that was subject to U.S. law enforcement requests pursuant to court orders

Is this legal speak for saying, "They're using our backdoors without our permission."?

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talldayo ◴[14 Nov 24 01:27 UTC] No.42132199[source]▶
I like the tacit implication that all 335 million-odd Americans might be subject to requests pursuant to court orders, but none of us can ever really know for sure since those records might be sealed, expunged, vacated or classified.

It's like we're on the $500,000 question and my Phone-a-Friend still has Snowden on the line.

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eru ◴[14 Nov 24 01:53 UTC] No.42132354[source]▶
> I like the tacit implication that all 335 million-odd Americans [...]

I wouldn't worry too much.

Us unAmericans in the rest of the world don't have any constitutional guarantees to save us from the US spooks (nor from each other), and you don't have any constitutional guarantees to save you from the rest of the world, either.

So the flimsy guarantees that would in theory save you from your own spooks are really just a drop in the bucket.

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1. walterbell ◴[14 Nov 24 03:15 UTC] No.42132791[source]▶
Trickle-down surveillance can lead to on-demand local neo-stasi orgs in every country, representing local, national, transnational or global interests.

Like the WestWorld S3 “RICO crime app”.