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> I do know this was the point of the conservative party in the US No incumbent president, democrat or republican, has ever meaningfully restricted America's d
by nobankai 2y ago
> I do know this was the point of the conservative party in the US
No incumbent president, democrat or republican, has ever meaningfully restricted America's digital surveillance capabilities. Backdooring domestic hardware for the sake of "national security" is a bipartisan effort in America.
- znpy 2y agoSeconding this, iirc at the time when Edward Snowden started leaking documents Barack Obama was president and I don't remember any effort from him to restrict USA's surveillance capabilities.
- mrits 2y agoI don't disagree with that but don't see how it is relevant. Spying on yourself is a different issue