morlockelloi on Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:48:04 +0100 (CET)


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Re: <nettime> scaling the humiliation


Rampant hypocrisy aside, it's interesting to note that regulating MAGAf would result in the almost exact "chinese" model as it is today. Which may explain the rabid opposition to it from the surveillance-industrial complex.

For those that didn't pay attention, what Huawei is accused of was never confirmed, but collusion between Cisco (our "good guys") and the government was confirmed:

https://www.infoworld.com/article/2608141/internet-privacy/snowden--the-nsa-planted-backdoors-in-cisco-products.htm
https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/21/nsa-technique-for-cisco-spying/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/12/glenn-greenwald-nsa-tampers-us-internet-routers-snowden

The whole thing boils down to data harvesting and channeling rights. Like water rights, they will shape the future.


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