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I, and everyone else, are doing illegal things all the time. As you point out, that's the nature of our legal system. So it's not terribly persuasive to say, "w

by Spivak 1y ago

I, and everyone else, are doing illegal things all the time. As you point out, that's the nature of our legal system. So it's not terribly persuasive to say, "well are you sure you're not doing anything illegal" because it misunderstands the reason why we all haven't gotten arrested. It's not because of privacy but because almost all of us are below the notice of the police. You even cite an example of how privacy doesn't save you in exactly the cases where you think it ought to. There are arguments for maintaining privacy but I don't really think this is one of them.

roenxi 1y ago
You seem to be arguing something slightly off the thread topic. Jenadine typed "But I don't care what the authorities think of me as long as I don't do anything illegal, they won't care". And I'm not sure who you are to say you are "below" the notice of the police. The police are primarily there to police the people at the bottom of society. The higher up the ladder of social status people climb the less they have to do with the police.