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Yep. Why do you think they're tracking porn habits, if not for blackmail material? There's no legitimate reason why a government needs to know anything about c
by cryoshon 11y ago
Yep. Why do you think they're tracking porn habits, if not for blackmail material?
There's no legitimate reason why a government needs to know anything about citizens sexual preferences or habits, but such information is perfect for shaming or threatening. I will note that the collection and analysis of this sort of information far surpasses anything envisioned in dystopian fiction or actually practiced by the likes of Stasi/KGB during the worst of times.
EDIT: there were actually a bunch of documents published with this article. I'll check those out then re-comment.
- rm_-rf_slash 11y agoIt can be useful for blackmailing prominent figures of adversarial foreign regimes, though to be fair Britain's spies will have to sift through their own Parliament first.