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Why do we care so much about classified information? Why is there a reverence for our government hiding information from its people? Why shouldn't the governmen
by 93po 2y ago
Why do we care so much about classified information? Why is there a reverence for our government hiding information from its people? Why shouldn't the government operate out in the open in all ways?
Something something terrorism, but i don't buy it. terrorism is the scapegoat for which we have massively eroded privacy and rights, in the same way that CSAM is the scapegoat for trying to ban encryption every 5 years.
- 9283409232 2y agoThey don't just have classified information. There is a lot of sensitive personal information on you and me in these databases. Information that can be used for blackmail and other nefarious purposes.
- whamlastxmas 2y agoMaybe the government shouldn’t keep this information on its citizens without probable cause?
- hypothesis 2y agoThey didn’t publish it all for everyone to use, did they? Not much transparency here, since all they did was steal it and use selectively for their purposes.
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