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[–] that_leaflet 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Reuters reports:

Finland is experiencing suspicious acts of sabotage and disruption and believes Russia is engaged in broad-ranging influence operations against it and other European countries

Since Linus is Finnish, this literally hits home for him, hence (probably) his reaction.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Yes, but this action sounds as effective against Russian espionage as burning any clothes that has red blue and white in them.