>>>>>>>>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/30/holder-urges-tech-companies-to-leave-device-backdoors-open-for-police/
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>>>>>>>Same old story. How boring. :(
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>>>>>>I remember the controversy over the Clipper chip. Hard to believe it was 20 years ago.
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>>>>>Quis custodit custodes?
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>>>>No kidding.
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>>>Maybe we have a bit misunderstanding, but this is not kidding. Even if I suspect the best intensions on ideas like the one you show, the abuse is not far away.
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>>Sorry for the idiom, I meant I feel exactly the same way. Your Latin quote goes exactly to the heart of the matter.
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>So No kidding. is a approval?
>First I read plain words. Was a bit disturbing. Now I've looked for the idiom and it was of no help. It translates to something that could be very sarcastic depending on the tone.

The way I use it, and the way I've seen it used:

- Yes, it's approval/agreement
- Depending on the tone (of voice) there *may* be some sarcasm, but only in the sense of "that's stating the obvious". It does not mean or imply disagreement. In text, adding an exclamation mark ( "No kidding!" ) is sometimes considered to be sarcastic in that manner

If it's used as a question ( "No kidding?" ), that's most often used to question, but not necessarily disagree. Similar to "Are you sure?" or "Wow, that's unusual/hard to believe".

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>>>>>I mean, with my eastern german origin, I have a clear idea how well sounding laws could be read.
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>>>>I think I'll coin a new phrase, "TOTC-washing". Like greenwashing in the environmental field, it would mean appealing to the safety of children in order to make something nasty appear more acceptable.
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>>>Do not forget the use of "raping our woman" into that. It's commonly in the same subject.
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>>True, but politicians (at least here in Canada) try not to be that crass.
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>But you talked about those southerners. :)