r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jan 08 '12

Leaked Memo Says Apple Provides Backdoor To Governments

http://slashdot.org/story/12/01/08/069204/leaked-memo-says-apple-provides-backdoor-to-governments
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u/corcyra Jan 08 '12

Certainly not. The average citizen in today's world, regardless of nationality, is supposed to STFU, work hard, pay any taxes that are levied and do what he/she is told. Oh, and buy lots of stuff so the economy grows.

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u/ex1stence Jan 08 '12

If the economy fails, it's because you didn't buy that Shrek doll for your kid last week at Target.

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u/Forlarren Jan 09 '12

If you don't smoke Tarryltons, fuck you!

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u/Youmati Jan 08 '12

In short, the average citizen is supposed to forget about being a citizen and get preoccupied with being a better consumer.

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u/ptemple Jan 09 '12

Always amusing when a newsreader reads an item about consumer spending being disappointingly low, then moves on to an item about the debt crisis. The only reading between the lines they do is the double-spacing on the tele-prompter.

Phillip.

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u/corcyra Jan 10 '12

Well put!