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Possible Governmental Backdoor Found ("case R2D2")

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Re: Possible Governmental Backdoor Found ("case R2D2")

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Digging down to the source material, the Strong Towns group does address Government Transfer Payments, explaining that all suburbs are subsidized. But they avoid offending anyone by pointing out that the suburbs were financed by the urban areas.

In my experience, suburban dwellers don't like learning that they're parasites.

Re: Possible Governmental Backdoor Found ("case R2D2")

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Digging down to the source material, the Strong Towns group does address Government Transfer Payments, explaining that all suburbs are subsidized. But they avoid offending anyone by pointing out that the suburbs were financed by the urban areas. In my experience, suburban dwellers don't like learning that they're parasites.

did we read completely different articles?

Re: Possible Governmental Backdoor Found ("case R2D2")

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Digging down to the source material, the Strong Towns group does address Government Transfer Payments, explaining that all suburbs are subsidized. But they avoid offending anyone by pointing out that the suburbs were financed by the urban areas. In my experience, suburban dwellers don't like learning that they're parasites.

You're looking for the "A Complete Guide To The Ponzi Scheme That Is Suburban America" submission. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3090385

Re: Possible Governmental Backdoor Found ("case R2D2")

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That's really a big deal and just shows how governments treat their own laws and how important an open government is, in which such things can be verified and controlled!

While an open government would be ideal, it won't change the fact that the CIA or any government organization will never admit to working on viruses.

Re: Possible Governmental Backdoor Found ("case R2D2")

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That's really a big deal and just shows how governments treat their own laws and how important an open government is, in which such things can be verified and controlled!

While an open government would be ideal, it won't change the fact that the CIA or any government organization will never admit to working on viruses.

With an open government they wouldn't be able to do this in the dark.

Also, they don't need to admit it, it's not like nobody knows that this software exists.

Re: Possible Governmental Backdoor Found ("case R2D2")

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

While an open government would be ideal, it won't change the fact that the CIA or any government organization will never admit to working on viruses.

With an open government they wouldn't be able to do this in the dark. Also, they don't need to admit it, it's not like nobody knows that this software exists.

Why doesn't it simply stand to reason that software like this exists? Phone taps are far more sinister than trojans.
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