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The potential problem I have here is abuse of power by government. I’d be pretty upset if Congress subpoenaed user data from Facebook and then selectively publ
by ryanwaggoner 8y ago
The potential problem I have here is abuse of power by government.
I’d be pretty upset if Congress subpoenaed user data from Facebook and then selectively published embarrassing info on their political enemies. Even if I hated those people.
- rhizome 8y agoI’d be pretty upset if Congress subpoenaed user data from Facebook and then selectively published embarrassing info on their political enemies. Even if I hated those people. I think it's more like this, which if you've been paying attention has been going on for a long time. If you want to bet that the US hasn't snatched data they want when they know someone is in the country even temporarily, I'll take that bet. https://www.zdnet.com/article/warrantless-phone-laptop-searches-at-the-us-border-hit-record-levels/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/warrantless-phone-laptop-searc... Among people who have a problem with the Six4Three situation, I feel like the issue is really just that we found out about it. The powers are already there, waiting to be used.
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoThe government is invading our privacy with surveillance and border searches, agreed. No defense or denial of that here. But I don’t see stories where some congressperson is then publishing some of the fruits of that surveillance or searches just to embarrass political rivals. That would be especially beyond the pale.
- rhizome 8y agoDoes everything have to be done by the American version of something before it's legitimate?