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> They think it won’t be used against them, until one day it does, and they are horrified when a divorce attorney is talking about the GPS movements from their
by flyinghamster 5y ago
> They think it won’t be used against them, until one day it does, and they are horrified when a divorce attorney is talking about the GPS movements from their “connected car” or their bank closes an account and locks out their funds because they attended a political protest.
Not to mention those horrified at finding out that even though they deleted their tweets and videos, the feds have shown up at their doorstep because they were in a rampaging mob in the Capitol, searching for elected officials to murder.
I wish there was a nice, easy answer on where to draw the line with surveillance. I'm actually glad that the insurrectionists left a zillion-mile wide electronic trail, but I'm all too acutely aware that these capabilities can be turned against anyone, and I'm dead-set against backdooring encryption. At least (US-specific here) there are nominally limits on what the government can do, but those limits are often ignored, and private corporations have much freer rein on what they can do with your data.
- throwaway3699 5y agoMost people are still not sold on January being an insurrection, FWIW. People thought they were going to a political rally, not to murder senators. Things just got out of hand because lunatics decided to storm the building. Why else would they bring smartphones?
- flyinghamster 5y agoZip-Tie Guy™ wasn't there to protest, and neither was anyone else who entered the Capitol.
- salawat 5y agoFunny how the 1% that take it too far always seem to be just the excuse most otherwise seemingly reasonable need to justify supporting the revocation or curtailing of civil rights. Part of liberty is cleaning up the mess when some people take it a bit far, and moving on.