Re:FBI examined Google records to see if anyone had knowledg...
by sjy on Saturday September 05, 2020 @12:46AM
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I don’t think the argument generalises quite that far, but it does go as far as “more information is worse.” The presumption of innocence is a valuable principle to which this applies. We ignore evidence that suggests that someone is guilty of a crime until the court process has finished, and if they’re “probably guilty” we say they’re actually “not guilty” for fairness reasons.
The more technical details of recordkeeping or surveillance that there are, the more likely a frame-up will have flaws that people notice.