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		miken123 on Aug 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meta enforces purpose limitation via Privacy Aware... “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor Also, I don’t think that the parent comment was being serious.

Phemist on Sept 1, 2024 [–]

I was indeed not very serious, neither is the comment I would write in response to this:

-- Ah yes, Hanlon's razor, one of the CIA's more successful PsyOps. --

But then I was shocked to learn that the Razor's namesake Robert J. Hanlon actually did work for the CIA and now I dont know what to think.

https://wydaily.com/obits/2019/04/09/robert-j-bob-hanlon-70-...

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