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> As a European I couldn't care less about Tiktok spying on me. US companies and NSA do the same. I don't understand this argument. Are you OK with US companie

> As a European I couldn't care less about Tiktok spying on me. US companies and NSA do the same. I don't understand this argument. Are you OK with US companies or the NSA doing it? How does one group doing something bad justify not caring about another group doing it? Not to mention, the US is an allied country whose interests overwhelmingly align with the interests of most of Europe. Conceptually, surveillance sucks - but if these are my only choices, I'd much rather have a dossier with the NSA than with their Chinese counterpart.

blackoil 2y ago
> How does one group doing something bad justify not caring about another group doing it? If you have two choices and both behave same on some principle, trying to have a principled stand is futile. > I'd much rather have a dossier with the NSA than with their Chinese counterpart. That's a naive view. For Italians, dossier with Giorgia Meloni or her friends can be far more dangerous than with Xi. By proximity and relevance, they are more likely to be vocal about/active in Italian politics. Also, Italian govt. has far more power to influence their lives than Chinese govt. has. As an Indian, I'll be far more concerned about how much I am tracked by Modi/Indian police/agencies than the Chinese counterparts.