• DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    I’m amazed that people apparently trust not just sensitive Chinese hardware, such as mobile phones, but even whole Chinese operating systems.

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      1 day ago

      Is it really that much worse than the NSA/PRISM spyware? I feel like unless you’re running libre stuff, there’s no avoiding this shit

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        13 hours ago

        Yes? You either don’t know a whole lot about China or are arguing in bad faith if you truly believe the US to be as bad or even worse.

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          6 hours ago

          Okay I’ll admit to not knowing much about China. But do you have evidence to your claim that Chinese spying is worse than what the NSA does (and did according to the PRISM leaks by Snowden)?

          Moreover, I feel like the impact of Chinese surveillance is personally less on me than American (companies). But I’ll concede that this is subjective

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            4 hours ago

            While flawed, the US is still a democracy. China is an authoritarian regime with basically 0 privacy rights, concentration camps, slave labor, dark sites for dissidents, and mass surveillance that goes far beyond anything the West has to offer. They basically brutally massacred their own student democracy movement at the Tiananmen Square protests.

            Moreover, I feel like the impact of Chinese surveillance is personally less on me than American (companies). But I’ll concede that this is subjective

            What impact had PRISM on you personally?

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        20 hours ago

        I figure, I’d rather China my info than my own government. Both are terrible options unfortunately.