Re: One would have throught...
"Oh well, seems they just have to learn the same lessons over and over again."
Your friends probably known you as the eternal optimist... ;-) Really think they're capable of learning from their mistakes?
Secondly, what you and I regard as a mistake is perhaps just the government trying again and again to get us to accept defeat. To us, spyware is a scourge. To them, it's an essential part of governing.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
