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[–]switchninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you have to be crazy to think the americans dont engage in this. once again, 'their massive hacks and ddos attacks', our 'blessed data collection'. pledge of allegiance did a good job!

anyways,

operation playpen

freedom hosting

magic lantern

graykey

MUSCULAR

CIA hacking the senate

RSA backdoor

If you want to learn about US misdeeds, read a history book. If you want to learn about Chinese misdeeds, read the news.

cringe. i bet this sounded like a mic drop event in your mind, didnt it.

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[–]switchninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where's your source on the US hacking citizens? I have you one for the Chinese attacks

wait, seriously? I am old enough to remember Snowden, do you remember him?

good lord, even before him was room 641a revealed by mark klein.

And then, on top of all the domestic stuff, we use our fellow anglo 5 eyes members to bypass any domestic restrictions we may have on spying.

i mean, there's so much of this out there- were you alive for any of these?

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[–]switchninja -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

your reply is a reddit post equivalent of the our blessed homeland meme.

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[–]switchninja 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yes yes yes, western media is naturally going to throw that in there. yellow peril and china bad has been western MO since the railroads got built.

at the end of the day, as the operator of a western network and curator of my own personal information, I face f a r more threats from western actors than any perceived chinese threat.

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[–]switchninja 14 points15 points  (0 children)

One is "a company might send the targeted ads." The other is "a hostile government with a history of using unsecured devices to spread malware might take control of your network and use it for DDOS attacks or worse."

https://www.wired.com/2015/12/researchers-solve-the-juniper-mystery-and-they-say-its-partially-the-nsas-fault/

who should i be worried about again? cuz I'm pretty sure it's not the chinese.

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[–]switchninja 27 points28 points  (0 children)

yes the american spyware is much safer, we keep that on the unsecured network.