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Re:Police to begin regular, warrant-free searches of homes f... by elmerfud on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @08:22AM (#28127921)
Eroding rights of citizens when targeting such onerous crimes makes this easily defensible by those who support such intrusions and removal of Rights. Because the crime is so onerous common people want to ignore it or justify it. The battle cry of "for the children" is used to justify a great many abuses while not actually doing anything for children.

Fear not though you now have the right to repair your phone but you still don't have the right to actually own your phone and to dictate what it does in your life.

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Re:Police to begin regular, warrant-free searches of homes f... by philipov on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @08:43AM (#28128093)
> Because the crime is so onerous common people want to ignore it or justify it.

To be precise, the wedge is that if you oppose it, it's easy to make it look like you're doing it because you're secretly a child abuser. It's an adolescent tactic that all teenagers learn about early on, and it keeps working throughout adulthood.

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