Now I think of it, a lot of countries banned crypto. Remember when all the different countries were banning Blackberries because they couldn't tap them?
This is true. Basically all countries in the world run some level of monitoring through their consulates and embassies—this includes US allies spying on the US. Few have the ability to tap everything, but they all do it. For them, it's just basic intelligence gathering. http://news.yahoo.com/obama-suggests-spying-nations-allies-common-210845024.html [AP via Yahoo]
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I'm not sure I want to know what people can do by hacking your toilet.
Now I think of it, a lot of countries banned crypto. Remember when all the different countries were banning Blackberries because they couldn't tap them?
That's true. I bet a lot of this is to monitor Algerians. They're the main "terror suspects" over there.
This is true. Basically all countries in the world run some level of monitoring through their consulates and embassies—this includes US allies spying on the US. Few have the ability to tap everything, but they all do it. For them, it's just basic intelligence gathering. http://news.yahoo.com/obama-suggests-spying-nations-allies-common-210845024.html [AP via Yahoo]
I love it. I'm calling Twinkies "American eclairs" from here out.
I live in NYC, and oh, I wish I had mod points...