• waldenA
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    20 hours ago

    Sounds bad I guess, but the USA has been spying on us for a long time now. Is the bad part that it’s China?

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      Yes. Wars happen. Even corrupt politicians are nicer when their control base is inside the country.

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        20 hours ago

        RTFA

        The third has been systems that telecommunications companies use in compliance with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), which allows law enforcement and intelligence agencies with court orders to track individuals’ communications. CALEA systems can include classified court orders from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which processes some U.S. intelligence court orders.

      • stinky@redlemmy.com
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        19 hours ago

        Wouldn’t surprise me. “We’re doing this to be helpful to you!” is actually moustached disney villain behavior.

        ^ similar to the prisoners with cats gimmick. “look how nice we’re being to our prisoners” is actually “stop yelling at your bunkmate or we’ll take away your cat”

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      When a whole nation’s communications are intercepted by another entity, yes, the bad part is that it’s another nation. Especially an adversarial one.

      This is not about individuals’ personal privacy. It’s about things that happen at a much larger scale. For example, leverage for political influence, or leaking of sensitive info that sometimes finds its way into unsecured channels. Mass surveillance is powerful.