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French gov used fake Google certificate to read its workers' traffic (theregister.co.uk)
11 points by xorbyte 4565 days ago
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I wonder if these articles would resonate more if they said "People working for the French government..."

We sometimes have a hard time believing in the systematic corruption of an institution, but it's easy to imagine a man in a position of power compromising his values to protect his own self interests. That effect, multiplied, leads to corrupt organizations.