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Re: Under U.S. Pressure, PayPal Nukes Mega For Encrypting Files

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On 2015-02-27, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
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> Quoting from the URL above:
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>    After coming under intense pressure PayPal has closed the account
>    of cloud-storage service Mega. According to the company, SOPA
>    proponent Senator Patrick Leahy personally pressured Visa and
>    Mastercard who in turn called on PayPal to terminate the account.
>    Bizarrely, Mega's encryption is being cited as a key problem.

As a Yank, let me say "now I know what my elected leaders spend their
time on, instead of actually governing the nation."  Democracy sucks,
except for the fact we will eventually have a chance to vote dorkwads
like Leahy out of office.

If ever there were doubt that America's Congress is in the pocket of
special corporate interests, here you go.

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Under U.S. Pressure, PayPal Nukes Mega For Encrypting Files Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-02-27 13:05 +0000
  Re: Under U.S. Pressure, PayPal Nukes Mega For Encrypting Files RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-02-27 13:31 +0000
    Re: Under U.S. Pressure, PayPal Nukes Mega For Encrypting Files Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-02-27 13:54 +0000

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