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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by superkuh on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @09:36AM (#30441412)
You think that, until one day you wake up to the pounding of the FBI (or CSIS...) on your door at 6am. I thought I was a no one, I literally used the same Lotr metaphor as you, but in 2009/2010 during the occupy and wikileaks protests the US government must have decided I was enough (despite never going to a protest and commiting no crimes) and they raided me and ruined my life. I was never charged with a crime. Never even indicted. Their action was simply to ruin my life and scare me.

It can happen to you too. Even if you think you're a no one.

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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by techdragon on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @09:45AM (#30441521)
You don’t have to have committed a crime to be suspected of one. Investigation alone can be damaging enough depending on circumstances.
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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by btbuildem on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @10:50AM (#30442344)
And how did you attract their attention?
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