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The problem as I see it has less to do with the evil being done now than with the potential for the current infrastructure to be abused now or later without the
by gglitch 11y ago
The problem as I see it has less to do with the evil being done now than with the potential for the current infrastructure to be abused now or later without the citizenry knowing about it. The safeguards aren't about your emails being read. They're about future stakeholders not being able to abuse their privileges.
- rhino369 11y agoThe breakout time for a government to go from no spying to spying on all the people is not very long. That goes double for countries where Google and Facebook operate. Just look at how the NSA gets its information right now. Most of it is just delivered by companies who keep the information themselves. You want to find a list of gays in America. Grindr has a database for you, Google too.