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bigyabaitoday at 4:22 PM1 replyview on HN

The US will still surveil the troops and citizens. All this does is reduce the commercial attack surface for adversaries, privacy be damned.


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tencentshilltoday at 5:48 PM

The "buying from advertisers" strategy was a workaround, and has yet to be properly tested in court. Hopefully we'll get that loophole closed soon. They also use it heavily for recruitment to pinpoint the most desperate youth.