Re:Justice Dept. Revives Push to Mandate a Way to Unlock Phones
by jurt3 on Saturday March 24, 2018 @05:49PM
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Privacy protects you from any entity wanting to use your personal life to discredit you. Secrecy doesn't protect you since a corrupt government will intimidate, discredit or kidnap you regardless of merit. What protects you is being able to uncover their slush funds and secret dealings.
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Re:Justice Dept. Revives Push to Mandate a Way to Unlock Phones
by 18pfsmt on Saturday March 24, 2018 @06:39PM
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The 4th Amendment to the US Constitution basically says there is no justification for such powers. The entire foundation of the the US Government is a warning against the centralization of power.
China operates like you describe and people that think like that should just move there. Perhaps we could create a program to swap citizens between countries so people can live with their ideological peers.
Re:Justice Dept. Revives Push to Mandate a Way to Unlock Phones
by jurt3 on Saturday March 24, 2018 @07:31PM
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From what powers? The 4th amendment does not protect you from "reasonable" searches. A corrupt government wouldn't care about the constitution, like during Watergate. I am not a US citizen nor in the US (so the 4th amendment doesn't cover me) and I have already spent a fair amount of time in China. But thanks for offering.