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Re:We Only Have Hours Left to Stop the NSA Expansion Bill by mattmanser on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @11:12AM (#15970815)
And depressingly it won't rollback until tyrannical governments get in power and run amok.

The sheer damage politicians across the world are inflicting on future generations with these privacy laws are very depressing.

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Re:We Only Have Hours Left to Stop the NSA Expansion Bill by mLuby on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @11:23AM (#15970934)
But it's to prevent attacks in the short-term. If passing these laws were more immediately damaging than an actual attack (ie moving long-term consequences up) they might stop doing this.
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