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0 pointsceejayoz12y ago0 comments

Germany and France do it to us. They're likely just not as talented at it. One way nation states stay allies is knowing, at least to some level, that the public statements match the private.

http://www.france24.com/en/20131024-nsa-france-spying-squarc...

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moocowduckquack12y ago· 2 in thread

If you haven't head about them doing it, then that surely means that they must be even more talented at it.

ceejayozOP12y ago

Or they've been mostly unsuccessful, or they don't have a leaker like Snowden yet.

moocowduckquack12y ago

Maybe they don't outsource their sysadmin roles to the private sector.

bnegreve12y ago

Still, as a US citizen you should be upset because the NSA went way too far and got caught.

Non-US citizen (inc. me) are just upset because they've been spied on. That's quite reasonable.

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