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He doesn't talk only about the US. Regarding your PS, how do you know what is "bad" and will be considered "bad" in the future? This is blind trust in your pri
by _def 5y ago
He doesn't talk only about the US.
Regarding your PS, how do you know what is "bad" and will be considered "bad" in the future? This is blind trust in your privileges. Also, there is nothing "anonymous" about mass surveillance.
- rhabarba 5y agoAlso, not everyone will always be reigned by benevolent politicians. A malevolent politician could have interesting ideas on what to do with collected "anonymous" metadata.
- randomopining 5y agoThere's too many checks and balances in the US government. ex. The opposing party in congress has powers on the committees to investigate things, etc. State govs have powers etc.
- _def 5y agoNo, there are not. Intel services are abusing their power and will continue to do so.
- excalibur 5y agoBecause all of those checks and balances have been working so WELL of late.
- brokenmachine 5y agoYou have to be kidding. Snowden literally exposed the spooks lying to congress to cover up illegal spying on every US citizen. Checks and balances, lol.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoState governments disenfranchising voters en masse because they didn't like how the last federal election turned out sure shows how much power they currently have...
- _def 5y agoExactly. And even if you're doing "nothing wrong", that's not the point. It's all about how the surveillance data is going to be used and interpreted. Oh, you say you didn't commit $CRIME? Well, our data says otherwise, and computers don't lie, bye.