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surveillance of foreigners (particularly) with residence in a different country is a different issue from surveillance of own citizens.
by raffael_de 3mo ago
surveillance of foreigners (particularly) with residence in a different country is a different issue from surveillance of own citizens.
- account42 3mo agoAnd the neat part is that you can have agreements within a group of countries (say about five) to have them surveil your citizens and share what they find with you while you do the same for them.
- raffael_de 3mo agoor you do like EU and just hand over your own citizens' data to non-EU countries. (for example: https://www.dw.com/en/eu-weighs-giving-us-data-for-fewer-travel-restrictions/a-76912370 https://www.dw.com/en/eu-weighs-giving-us-data-for-fewer-tra...)
- redmaple892 3mo agoTechnically true but as the commentator below you says, easily circumvented. Perhaps it's better to think of privacy/freedom of thought as a global human right...
- bingoMen 3mo agoThe state does not make a difference. It is an illusion that the "own" citizens are worth anything to the state. You are workers, aka capital, nothing more. The truth is that 'foreigner' is a term invented by states to create a distinction where there is mostly no difference. I have more in common with a normal citizen from elsewhere than I do with Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos.