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Re:FBI secretly collected data on Aaron Swartz earlier than ... by mtnGoat on Friday December 14, 2018 @12:09PM (#18682410)
Wait, the FBI did something sketchy?

This should honestly come as no surprise to anyone paying attention. Protect yourselves folks, no one else will.

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Re:FBI secretly collected data on Aaron Swartz earlier than ... by eeZah7Ux on Friday December 14, 2018 @01:01PM (#18682906)
The more power an organization has the more scrutiny should receive. Power abuses need to be brought to light. This is how democracy works.

We can't ignore a problem just because "everybody knows".

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Re:FBI secretly collected data on Aaron Swartz earlier than ... by mtnGoat on Friday December 14, 2018 @03:03PM (#18684132)
100% agreed. i don't think anyone should ignore it by any means. it's just that the FBI/NSA/etc seem to just keep doing it, which is why it shouldn't come as a surprise, they've been caught many times doing questionable data gathering.
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