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Re:Google Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China, L... by mynewtb on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @12:57PM (#17664365)
A person reading your mail is a much more immediate, direct danger than your mails being slurped into the big data silo that can slowly and widely ruin society.
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Re:Google Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China, L... by xvector on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @05:22PM (#17667125)
> that can slowly and widely ruin society.

There is nothing to say these "big data silos" will run "slowly." And even if they ran slowly, the impact they could have on your life would likely be far larger than the more immediate impact of an employee reading your email.

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