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0 pointsbeeflet1y ago0 comments

I suppose it allows you to enable third party control and censorship. If you look at microsoft's censorship of bing in china for example, they are more than willing to bend the knee if it means they can get ahead.

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alganet1y ago

As a brazillian, I find this very unlikely.

In 2013, when the same party was in power, SERPRO was tasked with replacing Microsoft in key aspects, such as government email (which was handled by Outlook Server at that time) and operating systems.

The main reason was fear of espionage. So, in reality, we are more afraid of the US spying on us than random internet dissidents.

serial_dev1y ago

As a non Brazilian, sometimes when a government says a company is spying on its citizens, they mean that they want access, too, to the spying and censoring apparatus.

alganet1y ago

I see your point.

Maybe if I was in government I would think the same. Catch criminals before they act, stuff like that (I'm just being the devil's advocate here).

This is a dillema, and the worst kind. The kind citizens know nothing about, so the only possible way to talk about it is to speculate. I am, however, too old to speculate about these things anymore.

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alganet1y ago

As a brazillian, I find this very unlikely.

The main reason was fear of espionage. So, in reality, we are more afraid of the US spying on us than random internet dissidents.

serial_dev1y ago

As a non Brazilian, sometimes when a government says a company is spying on its citizens, they mean that they want access, too, to the spying and censoring apparatus.

alganet1y ago

I see your point.

Maybe if I was in government I would think the same. Catch criminals before they act, stuff like that (I'm just being the devil's advocate here).

This is a dillema, and the worst kind. The kind citizens know nothing about, so the only possible way to talk about it is to speculate. I am, however, too old to speculate about these things anymore.

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