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>The big difference is that authoritarian regimes make no secret of their collecting information. I'm not suer about that, I think it's more of the 'open secre

by rtpg 13y ago

>The big difference is that authoritarian regimes make no secret of their collecting information. I'm not suer about that, I think it's more of the 'open secret' variety >They also do not come with a check-and-balance mechanism precisely supposed to prevent the emergence of the new Stasi we're seeing here So the existence of checks and frameworks make the situation worse? What?

mercurial 13y ago
> So the existence of checks and frameworks make the situation worse? What? What I'm trying to say is that, there are a lot of things to address first in authoritarian regimes before you address mass electronic surveillance. You can't get upset that a plane does not fly straight when it's not equipped with wings in the first place.