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Re:Terrorist watchlist exposed via misconfigured Elasticsear... by Tabular-Iceberg on Thursday August 19, 2021 @02:40AM (#28231051)
> fine for having chickens in the backyard

Land of the free. The arbitrary harassment of the population is one thing, but then there is that mountain of actual laws and regulations that would be considered an overreach even by the standards of most totalitarian dictatorships in the world. What could possibly be wrong with having chickens in the back yard?

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Re:Terrorist watchlist exposed via misconfigured Elasticsear... by dillondoyle on Thursday August 19, 2021 @05:37PM (#28239673)
Or collecting rain water in a barrel! I wonder if here is a legal concept of the commons, sort of like a really low speed limit on the highway that would be dangerous to follow given every other car goes 15+ over it.
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