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		rattray on June 8, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NSA's Backdoor Key from Lotus Notes Why is this comment being downvoted? It was an honest, albeit rather silly mistake, not a misuse of HN.

Pitarou on June 9, 2013 [–]

It's an irrelevant remark from somebody who didn't read the article properly.

Downvoting:

- reduces the prominence of low quality content

- encourages posters to avoid posting low quality content

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