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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by pennaMan on Saturday October 30, 2021 @12:12AM (#29045921)
I would go further and ask for mandatory 24/7 surveillance of elected officials for transparency and to combat corruption every time they bring up this bullshit.
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by jodrellblank on Saturday October 30, 2021 @12:28AM (#29045982)
In the UK the government introduced a "record of everyone's internet history" law and then exempted themselves from it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13087339
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by BoxOfRain on Saturday October 30, 2021 @08:10AM (#29048156)
Orwell was awfully prescient when he described the Inner Party as being able to turn off their telescreens.
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by snugghash on Saturday October 30, 2021 @03:00AM (#29046650)
I just noticed that my jaw dropped for the first time in recent memory. Wow. Slow clap. UK, US, China... just wow
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by philjohn on Saturday October 30, 2021 @09:07AM (#29048456)
They also conduct a LOT of government business over Whatsapp - and aren't keen about giving up the contents.
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by easytiger on Saturday October 30, 2021 @07:47AM (#29048041)
The particularly messed up thing about that and similar laws in the UK is they are made using cross party consensus
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by raxxorrax on Thursday November 04, 2021 @07:33AM (#29105756)
Same with the EU. Old continent doing things old minds do...

It won't help them but will still do a lot of damage. And they wonder why people don't trust a single word they say. Poor representatives...

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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by einpoklum on Saturday October 30, 2021 @08:12AM (#29048169)
Why combat corruption? It is a staple of the US' political system. And the US Supreme Court has all but ruled that corruption is speech.
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