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The root problem here is the commercial exploitation of personal data. How can you deny law enforcement access to data that is, for all practical purposes, avai

• landemva 4y ago
  Another approach, which can be quickly implemented on the personal level, is to turn off phone GPS location, reset the advertising ID, uninstall apps, and set remaining apps to be restricted when in the background. In other words, don't voluntarily give so much away. Some of this is a choice.
• Test0129 4y ago
  I doubt the people who are literally responsible for deciding who to drone strike with meta data from things like this are going to suddenly turn around and decide "well, we definitely don't want that for our citizens". This is all according to plan. The best part it's totally politically ambiguous. Republicans are war hawks and "the party of the people" (Democrats) have been responsible for thousands of extrajudicial killings overseas. Both major parties LOVE this idea. Who wouldn't want to be able to manufacture a crime against your alleged political adversaries?
• therealdrag0 4y ago
  “How can you deny..” I mean you just can right? A lot of lines are arbitrarily drawn, and drawing a line there is better than none. The categorical difference in power is one justification for the line being there. (Not saying there aren’t also justifications for more privacy still)