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Re:Global Mass Surveillance – The Fourteen Eyes by twblalock on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @05:05PM (#24276098)
> now my private information isn't just seen by the government, it's seen by everybody.

Right, but that's why no reasonable congressman would want your information, because that would also make his/hers available just like yours. The result would be that sensitive personal information would be very unlikely to be collected.

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Re:Global Mass Surveillance – The Fourteen Eyes by pdonis on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @05:18PM (#24276251)
> The result would be that sensitive personal information would be very unlikely to be collected.

I don't think so; I think the result would be that people who had the power would simply bend the rules behind the scenes to make sure any information they didn't want revealed wasn't revealed, much as they do now.

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