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		swsieber on Sept 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Update from Chef So yeah, I say "I'm not sure" because I don't know the personal motives of the individual outspoken people. It really depends on what they thought it was going to accomplish, and why they wanted those things to happen. Thwarting ICE? Incredibly unlikely and impractical . Slowing ICE down? Probably.

cjbprime on Sept 23, 2019 [–]

The individual outspoken developer who started it seemed reasonably clear: he didn't want helping ICE through his code to be on his conscience.

swsieber on Sept 23, 2019 | [–]

I completely agree.

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