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benmmurphy on March 24, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Report: Apple building its own servers to prevent ...

if the NSA is doing this in the US against a US company isn't this illegal?

abysmal_cynic on March 24, 2016 [–]

"Legality", in this context, went out the window long ago. Power relentlessly weaponises "legality". Power uses it to attack its enemies and to shield the unethical activities it wishes to protect.

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