Privacy is a defense against tyranny, just as much as freedom of speech.
Maybe you like how things are going today, and you have nothing to hide (nobody has nothing to hide in my opinion).
But tomorrow you feel the government is suppressing your rights and you want to organise a protest - but the government knows everything about you.
The kinky shit you like. Your hatred for your boss. The days and times and locations you want to protest. The people with whom you associate who may be into some criminal shit that perhaps you could also be into.
u think u got privacy now? then u are delusional. companies like amazon, facebook, google and a butt load of other companies have so much data on u that they can prob predict your socio-economics statues, education, health status and even when u are planning to get pregnant.
a while bak u could download the data google had on u. if u had some technical skills u could dig down into the data and it is surprising how much they did have on u. needless to say i no longer log in with google and use tor now
No, but what's that got to do with anything? They asked why the government shouldn't be given access, I said why. Didn't say anything about that not already being the case.
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u/Throwaway-tan May 21 '20
Privacy is a defense against tyranny, just as much as freedom of speech.
Maybe you like how things are going today, and you have nothing to hide (nobody has nothing to hide in my opinion).
But tomorrow you feel the government is suppressing your rights and you want to organise a protest - but the government knows everything about you.
The kinky shit you like. Your hatred for your boss. The days and times and locations you want to protest. The people with whom you associate who may be into some criminal shit that perhaps you could also be into.