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Military Intelligence Agency Says It Monitored U.S. Cellphone Without Warrant
- quantified 6y agoWhy should any agency turn up the possibility of buying what it wants on the open market? For some reason there are legal restrictions on what the government can do for itself that citizens allow to be done, even seek to have done to each other.
- colejohnson66 6y agoThe reason is that the government can ruin your life through prison, but people[a] can’t. If some random person gets your location, they can try blackmailing you, but you can sue them back. If the government gets it, they can go, “@quantified was one of 5 near the scene of the crime! Find him/her and railroad them!” You are correct regarding there being a discrepancy between the government not allowed to do things private companies can. The solution to that isn’t to allow the government to do it, but to prevent everyone from doing it through good privacy laws like GDPR (but actually enforced). [a]: In theory. Mafias can ruin your life as well, but the government is nationwide (unlike the local mafia)
- systemvoltage 6y agoYou can sue the government too. You have the right for a trial.
- colejohnson66 6y agoYou can sue the government, but your chances of success are a lot lower than suing a private citizen. Prosecutors railroad people all the time and the defendants are helpless.
- systemvoltage 6y agoIt's not as simple as that. It depends on the domain, the lawyership and implications of the ruling.
- quantified 6y agoExactly. You’d think “we” would push for that (for some interesting value of “we”). Maybe common ground between civil right advocates and q-anon players now.
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