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Re:Paris Attacks Plot Was Hatched in Plain Sight by zby on Friday November 27, 2015 @03:13PM (#10638681)
This is a good argument - but I don't entirely buy it - because a system like that does not need to lead the investigations, but can also be an additional source of information. A very powerful one - if the police is already investigating someone than the possibility to browse all his history, his contacts etc. would be very useful.
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Re:Paris Attacks Plot Was Hatched in Plain Sight by barrkel on Monday November 30, 2015 @05:40PM (#10652429)
That's even worse - "Give me six lines written by the most honest man in the world, and I will find enough in them to hang him" - if you're looking for guilty-seeming people, you'll find them.

And if you're trying to prevent atrocities, you'll convict them before they've done anything wrong.

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