I mean, I see “leaked” videos of protests in authoritarian countries like China and just wonder why they dont just like make a backdoor that disables videos from being recorded. Or use some sort of 0-day exploit that installs malware on their phones and disable cameras.

I mean, I can’t be the only one that thought of it, right? Surely someone in the government would’ve thought of it.

Wonder why such tactic isn’t being used.

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    They may. I really don’t know. We could go round and round about it, there are lots of arguments for both perspectives.

    If a government does have this capability, they aren’t likely to use it on a whim and have it be exposed.

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      Nobody would give some idiot with one week training a EMP device or access to the CIA technology. This would result in the biggest Chaos imaginable.