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Pick a person, any person. Put together all of the data and metadata that can be legally acquired. Strip out the context and put it in front of a judge. Get a s
by rm_-rf_slash 11y ago
Pick a person, any person. Put together all of the data and metadata that can be legally acquired. Strip out the context and put it in front of a judge. Get a search warrant. Hoover up everything else.
With enough information, anybody can be demonized. Can the presumption of innocence even exist in the age of information?
- hga 11y agoNot a new concept, e.g. this common but disputed quote of Cardinal Richelieu: Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre. If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.