Funny isn't it that the piece in El Reg...and maybe the report itself......doesn't mention.........
........snooping on citizens! You know....the STASI in Cheltenham and Ford Meade, MD.
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Fantastic "cyber capabilities" to read everyone's email and snoop on phone metadata!!
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Fantastic backdoors embedded in Cisco Systems kit!!
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Fantastic software from our "friends" at NSO, Israel.....dedicated to hacking so called "end-to-end encryption" on any iPhone on the planet!!
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Yes......the PRIMARY enemy is REALLY private citizens who are living honest, law-abiding lives....................
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..........and maybe the spooks -- once in a while -- get to worry about Russia, China, Iran.....and other "second tier" problems!!
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Democracy and privacy and security......all undermined using our taxpayer dollars....and taxpayers are the ones attacked by their own governments. Go figure!!