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      4 months ago

      Not saying it is okay. Pointing out that even if hypocritical there’s generally a strategic reason for countries to deter international spying. Would be quite a puzzling decision for any country to provide an open door for other countries to spy on them.

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          4 months ago

          Trying to set barriers seems logical when it comes to outsiders. But, spying by its nature is constant attempts to sneak past barriers, so attempts aren’t going to stop. It’d just be called collaboration instead of spying if information was shared freely and spying would be unnecessary.

          Maybe we have a different definition of deter. I don’t see it as stop, but trying to make it less easier. Why would spies stop trying to spy? I don’t expect that number to change. If it did that would be some pitiful spies.

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            It’d just be called collaboration instead of spying

            Happens all the time, the NSA can’t spy on US citizens to it asks GCHQ to do it for them, and vice-versa.

            Kaspersky’s software had been known for flagging US 3-letter-agencies’ malware, so there’s that…