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0 pointsok1234563y ago0 comments

And the FBI backdoored skype to silently shut off encryption, back when it was truly peer-to-peer.

China never did that to me.

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fsflover3y ago· 2 in thread

So you think fair elections are less important than your own security? You may have a problem after your country turns authoritarian, even if your computer is secure.

ok123456OP3y ago

We don't have "fair" elections after Citizen's United.

We don't have "fair" elections after the FCC scrapped the Fairness Doctrine in the 80s under Regan.

We don't have "fair" elections for the president since we don't directly elect the president.

The scenario where china somehow designs a dastardly TikTok video that convinces---I'm sorry "manipulates"---young people to vote en mass in a way that somehow advances the national interests of China and against their own material concerns is remote. But, I'm not sure how that's worse than any other garden variety Super PAC, or billionaire debutante like Mike Bloomberg or Howard Schultz.

fsflover3y ago

Sure, your elections have a lot of problems. Don't you think you should fight that and not introduce more problems, "because it's already bad"?

> The scenario where china ... "manipulates" ... young people to vote en mass in a way that somehow advances the national interests of China is remote

Didn't it already happen with Russia affecting the elections via Facebook?

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