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So if the state asks random people to break into your house to find out information about you should you move to another country?

• mindslight 4y ago
  I don't understand the analogy you're drawing? If the state asks an arbitrary person to break into your house, and that person breaks into your house, they should be prosecuted. Only if they are not prosecuted is there an argument to be made they're acting with de facto state authority. What Google did here was not illegal. It should be, but it's not.
  • scarface74 4y ago
    You said the answer is to use another phone to prevent surveillance. In that case is the solution to buy another house outside of US jurisdiction to prevent the government from breaking into your house and installing cameras?
    • mindslight 4y ago
      Well, the other half of your analogy would be that you live in a country where the government routinely breaks into houses and installs cameras, so yes? Of course there are other solutions besides the technical one of installing software that represents your interests. For example, effective privacy legislation would go a long way towards curtailing commercial surveillance, as well as giving users a way to distance themselves from companies that did objectionable things.