Well, not that shocked.

      • Wertheimer [any]
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        3 years ago

        And the asshole they're quoting knows this, because he was general counsel for the fucking NSA.

      • CyberPoliceUnit1312 [he/him,any]
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        3 years ago

        Actually looks like comrade xi has the upper hand lol

        https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/22/china-us-data-intelligence-cybersecurity-xi-jinping/

        :xi:

    • richietozier4 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      “I am beyond concerned — I am deeply alarmed — that China is moving forward with a so-called privacy standard,” Blumenthal said in a recent POLITICO Live interview, pointing to China’s hacking abilities as a major national security threat that’s been exacerbated by the lack of a U.S. privacy standard. “Because privacy protection is data protection, it is national security protection.”

      is he saying its bad because now they can't spy on them?

    • TheOldRazzleDazzle [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      For whatever reason, China watchers is the term that is generally used among journalists and political commentators. It probably started with guys like Henry Luce in the 1930s & 1940s (he profiled Chiang Kai Shek and his wife over a dozen times in Life magazine).