Hacker News Reader

World: We're not being paranoid. US drones kill innocent civilians around the world.

They're really beating the drum on China. Be intensely suspicious. China is a trading partner that does some shitty things (e.g. in Xinjiang province), but the nation focused on world domination is the one right here.

View on HN

You're comparing apples and oranges. US drones aren't doing fully autonomous killing, they're killing through policies of leaders you help elect. That's the apples. The oranges is tech we purchase (drones in particular) having backdoors. Why do you think these two are comparable?

yeah, it's more comparable to Androids and iPhones.

the US government could deploy an update to turn any phone into a spy device because both apple and Google are headquartered in the US

You say that like it's a settled issue and I don't think it is. If the capability is there, companies can be compelled to use it. If the capability doesn't exist, it isn't clear that companies can be compelled to invent it.

It's unfortunately a reality for us down under though - so it's not beyond the realm of imagination

If you are presented with two candidates that both are pro killing, you have no free choice, it's a managed democracy.

I really hate that I had to upvote this.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com