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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by toomuchtodo on Thursday March 08, 2018 @03:23PM (#16547326)
Technology is the servant of society, not the other way around. The sky is not falling because the tech industry is finally being reined in.

[+] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16531817 | [+] http://locusmag.com/2018/03/cory-doctorow-lets-get-better-at...

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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by conanbatt on Thursday March 08, 2018 @03:50PM (#16547523)
Wouldn't the analogy be that we are the servants to the state, as the state tells you what you can or can't do?
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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by toomuchtodo on Thursday March 08, 2018 @04:02PM (#16547607)
No, because we have the right to vote, making the state the servant to us. Whether we have properly executed that responsibility is clearly a discussion for a different thread.
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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by conanbatt on Thursday March 08, 2018 @04:45PM (#16547923)
You have the right not to use online services...the right to vote is not a declaration of submission.

Particularly when you voted against and a measure was still infringed upon you.

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