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Re:We are taking new steps against broadening threats to dem... by ionised on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @05:51AM (#17808321)
> It is not clear that privacy (specifically privacy of data on Microsoft systems from court order, if that's what you mean) is necessary for democracy.

How would democracy ever work if people had no privacy?

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Re:We are taking new steps against broadening threats to dem... by lern_too_spel on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @05:55AM (#17808340)
How would democracy ever work if people had absolute privacy? It wouldn't, but that isn't what we were discussing either.

The claim under discussion is that the privacy loss that is affected by Microsoft's privacy policy is detrimental to democracy. That claim was presented without any support.

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