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Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware (techcrunch.com)
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Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and serious criminals. That claim is increasingly difficult to justify, given the broad range of victims — journalists, activists, and now political consultants — that have come forward.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 5 days ago

To be quite candid, if we didn't know this when AT&T's secret room hit the news and Chong? was the first arrest under the Patriot Act, let alone do anything but sit on our hands, that's on us.