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mason55 on Aug 1, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Meet Comex, The 19-Year-Old iPhone Uber-Hacker Who...

Governments are (rightly) generally held to higher standards than private citizens due to the immense power at their disposal.

canistr on Aug 1, 2011 [–]

This has nothing to do with 'higher standard' if the media is the one responsible for publishing your name, publicizing it, and most importantly making money off of it.

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