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That's an argument against any mass collection/concentration of data in anyone's hands. Not against gov. collection of data in particular.
by megous 7mo ago
That's an argument against any mass collection/concentration of data in anyone's hands. Not against gov. collection of data in particular.
- _heimdall 7mo agoSure, there's a good reason to avoid centralizing data in general but in this case we're talking about governments. Governments are particularly dangerous for mass data collection because they also come with the authority, and military, of a state.
- mafuy 7mo agoAnd with the money (or else: the authority) to get the data from private businesses. So they get the full data without any restrictions that they themselves would face.