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Re:Open letter: Ban surveillance-based advertising by insulanus on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:39PM (#27766023)
Every important criminal law includes the idea of intent. Killing someone with a car because you sneezed is very different from intentionally running them over in the eyes of the law.
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Re:Open letter: Ban surveillance-based advertising by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:47PM (#27766087)
> criminal law includes the idea of intent

Yes, but intent alone isn't sufficient. We need a precise, side-effect light definition of the kinds of activities we want to ban and by whom. To date, I haven't seen that.

Passing a law which bans "surveillance-based advertising" with little more specificity is a recipe for disaster.

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