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You are missing the third option: no scanning anywhere.
by idle_zealot 3y ago
You are missing the third option: no scanning anywhere.
- nceqs3 3y ago>You are missing the third option: no scanning anywhere. What a take. Thankfully the vast majority of Americans don't agree with you in the slightest. Also private companies can do whatever they please.
- idle_zealot 3y agoI don't think "pervasive digital surveillance is bad" is an unpopular opinion here.
- nceqs3 3y agoHN is not America (thank god) Private companies catching child predators is actually pretty popular.
- JPws_Prntr_Fngr 3y agoAnd IBM compiling databases with ethnic background was pretty popular with a particular Teutonic political movement. You guys should look it up, you'll find lots of handy strategies to copy.
- brookst 3y agoYou're quite right. It's a reductive, simplistic opinion, but extremely popular.
- brookst 3y agoWell how about the fourth option: nobody ever does anything bad? Seems about as realistic and well-grounded as your proposal.