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A comment on Ask HN: Is there any right to online privacy?.

Re:Ask HN: Is there any right to online privacy? by PaulHoule on Monday March 08, 2021 @11:57AM (#26388025)
I think no.

What stops an individual from having a scrapbook of observations they made of people?

What stops a corporation or intelligence agency from doing the same so long as they don't advertise they are doing it?

Is there any right to transfer huge sums of money internationally anonymously when that is a channel for kleptocrats to steal?

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Re:Ask HN: Is there any right to online privacy? by fsenart on Monday March 08, 2021 @12:12PM (#26388260)
Does the fact of being able to do something should justify the fact of doing it? Nothing stops an individual from having a scrapbook of observations they made of people. But is it compatible with these people's right to privacy?
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