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I see kind of a silver lining here, in that it has the potential to get US-based lawmakers to care about mass data-harvesting enough to make some laws about it.
by advael 5y ago
I see kind of a silver lining here, in that it has the potential to get US-based lawmakers to care about mass data-harvesting enough to make some laws about it. I imagine that privacy laws are easier to get through congress if the perceived threat is a foreign government rather than a home-grown tech giant
- FpUser 5y agoThey'll just slap sanctions on that company / government to prevent gathering of the info from the US population. Also if such data offers verified massive advantage as they say the US might be more inclined to instead repeal / weaken privacy laws to keep up with China.