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Re:China expands surveillance of sewage to police illegal dr... by codeisawesome on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @02:17AM (#17547677)
Someone commented about the privacy concerns of monitoring sewage for drugs in the US, and were downvoted heavily. No theory is truly tin-foil in our world it’s beginning to seem.
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Re:China expands surveillance of sewage to police illegal dr... by throwvondannen on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @02:39AM (#17547779)
I remember this comment.

I think there were objections about the feasibility and precision of these methods, when in reality those concerns just don't matter at all.

Raided the wrong house/neighborhood? I doubt the victim could do anything tangible about it. Even better, this is another tool in the box of vague reasons to search a place that can be just made up.

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