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Re:Oppose the Earn IT Act by dragonwriter on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @10:00PM (#23709184)
The counter-counter-argument is the whole history of both individual (against policy) and official (by policy) abuse of surveillance in the history of government. Every expansion of monitoring must weigh the specific expected benefits against the very real cost of expanding both of those abuse surfaces.
Re:Oppose the Earn IT Act by lowwave on Thursday July 02, 2020 @03:55AM (#23710954)
Just check out the Stasi in Germany. Power corrupts absolute power corrupts absolutely.