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Does it make any difference when US companies are participating in PRISM anyway?
As an European, I would rather get spied on by the US than by China.
That's an odd conclusion to draw about MIT though. Who's the target audience here? MIT really is internationally known.
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As an European, I would rather get spied on by the US than by China.
The US does not have execution vans for dissidents whereas China does, for instance.
> In 2014, former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden said in a public debate, “We kill people based on metadata.”
> According to multiple reports and leaks, death-by-metadata could be triggered, without even knowing the target’s name, if too many derogatory checks appear on their profile. “Armed military aged males” exhibiting suspicious behavior in the wrong place can become targets, as can someone “seen to be giving out orders.” Such mathematics-based assassinations have come to be known as “signature strikes.”
1. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/how-...
It could be argued that if the news needs to introduce you as "an elite US school", you aren't really an elite school. That's an odd conclusion to draw about MIT though. Who's the target audience here? MIT really is internationally known.
Every American knows Harvard, many wouldn't know Cal Tech or MIT.
It could be argued that if the news needs to introduce you as "an elite US school", you aren't really an elite school. That's an odd conclusion to draw about MIT though. Who's the target audience here? MIT really is internationally known.
For example, my understanding is that IIT was elite well before many of U.S-born software developers had heard of it.
It could be argued that if the news needs to introduce you as "an elite US school", you aren't really an elite school. That's an odd conclusion to draw about MIT though. Who's the target audience here? MIT really is internationally known.
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As an European, I would rather get spied on by the US than by China.
I'm actually not sure I agree. I have the nagging feeling that China spying on me is most likely to have zero consequences for my daily life, while the US spying on me can get me on a no-fly list or something.
It could be argued that if the news needs to introduce you as "an elite US school", you aren't really an elite school. That's an odd conclusion to draw about MIT though. Who's the target audience here? MIT really is internationally known.