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> that having nothing to hide means you have nothing to fear hopefully the US turning from leader of the free world to Russia's tool will give them the kick th
by exe34 2y ago
> that having nothing to hide means you have nothing to fear
hopefully the US turning from leader of the free world to Russia's tool will give them the kick they need to realise that just because you trust the government now doesn't mean you trust the next government or the one after it.
- GeekyBear 2y agoYou probably don't want to look up which US President tried to force Apple to insert an encryption back door into iPhones back in 2015. However, Google did only start moving to protect location data from subpoenas after people started to worry that location data could be used as a legal weapon against women who went to an abortion clinic, so your larger point stands.
- jshier 2y agoThat would be none, as it was the FBI, operating independently (as it's supposed to), which tried to force the issue. They even tried to go to Congress but found little support for their stunt. I'm not even sure Obama ever spoke in support of the backdoor, much less used any political power to make it a reality.
- GeekyBear 2y agoSorry, but the FBI is part of the executive branch. This is exactly like saying that President Trump has nothing to do with the actions of the executive branch agencies today.
- exe34 2y agoit's true that the honour system only works when there's honour in the people in charge. when a clown moves into a palace, the clown doesn't become the king - the palace becomes a circus.
- GeekyBear 2y agoHaven't we already learned that gaslighting the public is counterproductive? President Obama sold himself as a Constitutional scholar who would set right the civil liberties overreach of his predecessor. You aren't going to convince sane people that his executive branch agencies sought to gut the fourth amendment without his being aware of it, despite months of extensive press coverage.
- exe34 2y ago"the other side is just as bad" isn't the justification that a lot of people seem to think it is. if you don't like what the other side has done, don't just copy them. do better.
- dguest 2y agoPoints about Russia or partisan politics aside, there are now at least 10M people living in the US who have a very strong incentive to hide all their data from the executive branch. That's to say nothing of the countless millions who might want to help them. The demand for encryption just exploded, in a legal gray area (city, state, and federal laws seem to be in conflict here) it's just a question of whether governments allows the supply to follow.
- isaacremuant 2y ago> hopefully the US turning from leader of the free world to Russia's tool So much humour in one short phrase. Do you really believe your propaganda or is it just absentmindedly parroting pro permanent war talking points?
- exe34 2y agoHe demands $500bn of rare earth minerals, insists that Ukraine started the war by getting invaded and wants Zelensky to be replaced by a Russian puppet. It's amazing how the US went from the defender of the free world to just another thug.
- isaacremuant 2y ago"defender of the free world" is just so funny to me. I'm sorry to burst your bubble of jingoism and US imperialism excepcionalism.
- exe34 2y agowhat do you call US nukes in Europe? that's exactly what it was - Pax Americana, 70 years of peace and prosperity has come to an end for most countries. Now Russia has an ally in their old enemy.
- isaacremuant 2y agoDude. Learn some history if you think Europe had peace for 70 years. I'll help, Google Yugoslavia. Also, Google all the wars or "interventions" that NATO/US did all around the world. It's truly repulsive how imperialistic warmongerers like you pretend you're "the good guys".
- exe34 2y agoIf you think the last 70 years wasn't peace, wait until you read about the previous 40!
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