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>Or would the state come down hard on any such manufacturer?

Remember what happened to the Quest CEO when he refused to allow his company to spy for NSA?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/09/30...

  Just one major telecommunications company refused to participate in a legally dubious NSA surveillance program in 2001. A few years later, its CEO was indicted by federal prosecutors. He was convicted, served four and a half years of his sentence and was released this month.



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