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It's called security theatre. And 15 years is corruption driven, because now you are spending X millions. of taxpayer money to store this data.
by JAlexoid 4y ago
It's called security theatre.
And 15 years is corruption driven, because now you are spending X millions. of taxpayer money to store this data.
- thephyber 4y agoThere are a few reasons why government would want to keep data for that long. Educated guess: playing the odds that currently encrypted data could be broken in the near future. My primary argument isn’t security theater, although I do agree it applies. My argument is that no democracy / republic should assume that every resident/citizen is a potential criminal without some probable cause / particularized suspicion/ significant evidence. The larger the percentage of citizens who experience unjustified searches, the lower the institutional trust level falls. Eventually citizens stop trusting elections, courts, police, etc. then people start massive social panics on the assumption that everything government is corrupt.
- autoexec 4y ago> It's called security theatre. This isn't security theater. Security theater has to be in your face. Security theater is pageantry, but no substance. Security theater is has no impact on your safety, but makes people feel safer by providing the illusion of security. This is substantial, has been being done without most Americans being aware of it, and it doesn't make anyone feel safer, but it still has a huge impact on your safety. It makes you less safe. This is just a gross violation of our constitutional rights.