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I think a sentences like "the Russian spy stole American military secrets", "a hacker stole my password" and "a very slow cross-site SVG filter attack stole a copy of my pixels" are perfectly valid and clear English.

Piracy is the odd-one-out because it's about "stealing" non-secret information, which seems non-sensical.



"Stealing" non-secret information is like "stealing" toilet paper from public toilets.




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