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The former is more important. At least in the U.S., ex post facto laws are unconstitutional, so you don't have to worry about concealing past actions when somet
by jonas21 5y ago
The former is more important. At least in the U.S., ex post facto laws are unconstitutional, so you don't have to worry about concealing past actions when something new is made illegal.
- daenz 5y agoStrong disagree and I think you're looking at it at too small of a scale. Your phone monitoring your location is a placeholder for tech knowing what you do in your private life. The tech is just going to get better than your phone. Put it this way, if you had cameras watching you every moment of your life, you could have the perfect alibi for anything. But you would never be able to do anything considered illegal again, for whatever definition of "illegal."
- mellavora 5y agoBut ex post facto shifts in what is publicly acceptable are common, opening up possibilities for blackmail or negative life consequences (like being denied jobs, housing, ...).