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Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ... by m00x on Friday December 13, 2019 @12:38AM (#21779366)
It's not an argument over secret, or non-secret data collection. It's an argument over abuse of power, secret data collection being one of the examples of abuse of power.
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Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ... by asdfasgasdgasdg on Friday December 13, 2019 @12:44AM (#21779384)
Just so I understand, do you include this particular incident as an abuse of power? AFAICT, as long as they end up only using the data for the stated purpose, and not to charge random other people with random crimes, it would be a correct use of power, at least by my judgment.
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Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ... by lultimouomo on Friday December 13, 2019 @02:27AM (#21779780)
Once you have data, how can I tell you what you're using it for? Parallel construction is a thing.
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Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ... by beebob on Friday December 13, 2019 @01:15AM (#21779503)
That is correct. In his first sentence he made the assumption that this will not be the case. As such I do not see a discrepancy here.
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