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Inside the US, data services firms are governed by NSLs and the FISA court, offering impunity by way of legislated immunity and sanction.

Outside the US, they're subject to flat out illegal hacking, offering impunity by virtue of remote access and state-actor status. Though parties whose confidence is violated in that case aren't gagged from reporting this.

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