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Cisco Complains To Obama About NSA Adding Spyware To Routers

Posted by samzenpus on from the get-out-of-there dept.

pdclarry (175918) writes "Glenn Greenwald's book No Place to Hide reveals that the NSA intercepts shipments of networking gear destined for overseas and adds spyware. Cisco has responded by asking the President to intervene and stop this practice, as it has severely hurt their non-U.S. business, with shipments to other countries falling from 7% for emerging countries to over 25% for Brazil and Russia."

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  1. The GOP are going to have a meltdown by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They've got to choose between the "free market" and corporate profits and their aspirations to be big brother.

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  2. Re:Why bother with tricks? by VortexCortex · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, I might give three fucks about your pedantry if there weren't innocent folks in Gitmo who are detained without trial for years, and may never leave. "Treason", or "Terrorism" whatever. They can snatch up anyone for any reason and claim, "national security" or "state secrets".

    You're like a damn dumb BASIC prompt, balking at petty syntax errors when you could use your marvelous brain instead understand the message. What a waste of flesh.

  3. Re:No. And there is a precedent. by ifiwereasculptor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, that's still pretty fucked up, dude. The major difference in the level of craziness between Mormonism and Scientology isn't quantitative, but qualitative. Mormonism descends from a different brand of crazy, one we are used to. And really, the 1800s were a little late for believing a 15-year-old saying he heard God and is now a prophet. The correct response to that sort of stunt is to either slap him silly for lying badly or properly educating him about the effects of recreational drugs after they wear off.

    Sorry if this came out a little blunt. Do consider, though, that a scientologist would be equally offended to be compared to a mormon.

  4. Re:No. And there is a precedent. by geekoid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I have. I also know Mormon history better then most Mormons.

    You are a cult that hide stuff from it's own believers. But worse of all: You use the government to dictate what other people can believe, and you have destroy boy scouts.

    Fuckers.

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