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Honestly platform-locking has so frequently and consistently been the intent of security-washing rhetoric and major breaches have become so commonplace that I now view "security" in the press to be a euphemism for lock-in first and foremost, with other usages being anachronistic or niche


Dont forget the euphemism "For your security" == "surveillance" -> EDR




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