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Your comment brings up the old and terrible response "if you haven't done anything wrong you have nothing to hide" Is that irony? I never can tell if I use tha

• colanderman 11y ago
  The difference between citizen and cop surveillance is that a citizen should be protected from bullying, blackmail, etc. by the government or other citizens over private actions. A cop should do his or her job exactly as prescribed.
• grandalf 11y ago
  As the other person who replied points out, it's very different for a trusted government official and a private citizen. The official gives up his/her right to privacy when acting in the role of public enforcer of laws...
  • sosuke 11y ago
    You're both quite right and so I can only imagine that isn't impressed enough on newly minted government officials.