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While I am not nodata, I have a single acronym answer for you: STASI

• barkingtoad 15y ago
  That's exactly what I'm talking about; we just magically went from "people are trying to target you with ads that are relevant to you" to "the secret police are going to make you disappear." And that's the connection made when I specifically request an argument that's not slippery slope. And I'm downvoted for specifically requesting a valid argument. Thank you, HN, or should I say, Reddit Lite.
  • nodata 15y ago
    I know I'm not meant to feed the trolls, but I do think it's important to imagine what life would have been like in Germany all those years ago if Facebook had existed.
  • pavel_lishin 15y ago
    > "the secret police are going to make you disappear." Easily said, Tony, as a white male living in America. Some of us actually lived behind the Iron Curtain, and secret police and antagonistic governments aren't "magical" and hypothetical to us.