Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by andrerm on Sunday April 14, 2019 @01:06PM
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No need for a worst enemy. Just expose your email and password on Facebook or Twitter and tomorrow all your personal and professional contacts will be thinking you are crazy. Maybe you'll be able to save your relationship. Certainly not your job. Edit: spelling
Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by godelski on Saturday April 13, 2019 @10:32PM
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> And to anyone who says “I have nothing to hide”
To anyone saying that, they need to stop quoting Nazi propaganda. Term is coined by (but not originating from) Goebbels.
Note: The origin is from a fictional dystopia.
Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by andrei_says_ on Monday April 15, 2019 @08:22PM
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Thank you. A great way to address the sentiment.
Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by godelski on Monday April 15, 2019 @11:16PM
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I mean I get why people say it. But we have to also be honest with ourselves. If it is something (strongly) pushed by societies that we utterly despise (be the Nazis, the dystopian writing of Sinclair (origin), or Voldemort's puppet state), it probably doesn't align with the beliefs of a free society.
The phrase is too frequently used by societies that we consider to not be free, being pervasive enough that a single use in literature would tell you that the characters live in an oppressive regime. Yet somehow we can make that connection but don't make it when actual politicians and citizens repeat it.
Personally I feel sickened that the phrase is so pervasive in our society (goes beyond the US). Just as I'd be if people were constantly saying "Work will set you free."
Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by matz1 on Sunday April 14, 2019 @06:36AM
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It's not feasible. It requires all the players to cooperate and one leak will ruin it.
We will have to use punishment as deterrent for someone who is harming other with all of this information.
And to anyone who says “I have nothing to hide” — imagine your worst enemy having all this information about you easily searchable with the intention to weaponize it for their purpose.