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Re:The FBI's internal guide for getting data from AT&T, T-Mo... by DeathArrow on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:42AM (#28997483)
>The US system is superior to China because we have checks and balances that actually: 1) uncover this stuff, 2) share it with the public, 3) have a system to provide feedback, 4) courts to uphold rights.

1) surveillance of citizens in China it is public, no need to uncover anything 2) in China their government already shared it with the citizens since it's official policy 3) since when the feedback started to matter? 4) that it's very naive to assume that the laws and the courts will always be free of abuse and will always protect the freedoms of the citizens, protect their interests and protect the innocent, we are far from living in a perfect world: the only way to make someone can't abuse his power is to not give him that power. And they have courts in China too, if that matters.

Re:The FBI's internal guide for getting data from AT&T, T-Mo... by refurb on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:52AM (#28998367)
That's my point. The US (and other countries) systems are superior because at least there is some mechanism to put a stop to it. In China there isn't - as you said it's official policy.

"we are far from living in a perfect world" well yes. And we never will live in a perfect world where privacy is never violated. There will always be people willing to break the rules to benefit themselves.

And since when has feedback mattered? It matters all the time? I mean the Democrats won an election and are now proposing a massive spending bill taking the country in a very different direction, just as one example.