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		antihero on Aug 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hackers got access to Matt Honan's iCloud account ... As opposed to, for instance, rapists, war criminals, and corrupt politicians?

cageface on Aug 5, 2012 [–]

People abusing the information networks are disproportionately damaging because they empower those that are just looking for excuses to turn the whole internet into one big surveillance machine.

antihero on Aug 6, 2012 | [–]

No, they are unnecessary, if those who are in power want it to happen, they will find a way, regardless of our actions.

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