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Darmody on Jan 25, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: IPinside: Korea’s Mandatory Spyware

I've never heard around here that spying is good when a democracy does it.

It may be better than when authoritarian countries do it because the consequences are not that severe, but that's far from accepting it.

mozman on Jan 25, 2023 | [–]

Spying is never ok as what is acceptable today may not be tomorrow, a moving target regardless of the current government.

Yoric on Jan 25, 2023 | [–]

I may be wrong but I read the GP as sarcasm.

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