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Pholus

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2. Absolutely. And those "nothing to hide" people are simply clueless about this.

Reply to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 06:56 AM

Aug 2013

The point is that everybody breaks the law if you use a powerful enough microscope.

Strangely, our "betters" in government and the 1% seem to highly prize THEIR privacy even while moving to strip ours away.

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What surveillance really is, at its root, is a highly effective form of social control [View all] limpyhobbler Aug 2013 OP

K&R'd!!! snot Aug 2013 #1

That is a very important point that can't be stressed enough... Pholus Aug 2013 #6

Absolutely. And those "nothing to hide" people are simply clueless about this. Pholus Aug 2013 #2

When nothing CAN be hidden, "nothing to hide" rings kind of hollow. MNBrewer Aug 2013 #4

You can hide stuff by not using networked electronics. Pholus Aug 2013 #5

Information is power Chemisse Aug 2013 #3