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Paper is the new privacy measure. (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 days ago by Zephorah@discuss.online to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 166 points 2 days ago (1 children)

During Gestapo and Stasi times most informants did their best to remain anonymous because no one likes snitches. Openly following someone and bragging about it is sociopathic even by nazi and Stalinist standards.

[–] Slotos@feddit.nl 102 points 2 days ago

Oh, they just didn’t realize that they are easy targets themselves. Early days are always like this.