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I respectfully disagree. Most of the people doing this do it not to be evil, but because they genuinely believe that their mandate to "protect the country" from
by gknoy 13y ago
I respectfully disagree. Most of the people doing this do it not to be evil, but because they genuinely believe that their mandate to "protect the country" from ${bad_things} (terrorists, porn, etc) is _more_important_ and valuable than the rights or freedoms which they tread on. That is the core of the debate: finding out when/whether it is OK to do that.
- takluyver 13y agoThis. We won't get anywhere if we imagine that these programs are instigated by moustache-twirling villains bent on harvesting our personal data. In all likelihood, everyone involved believes that they are acting for the best. The real threat is a slow shift in the expectations of privacy.