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Re:Privacy vs. “I have nothing to hide” (2019) by yibg on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @02:15PM (#32841025)
Or "describe all your past sexual encounters". Granted, some might be ok with it, but most won't feel comfortable.
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Re:Privacy vs. “I have nothing to hide” (2019) by jll29 on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @03:40PM (#32842298)
In any case, your phone provider knows - co-occurring presence of the same two phones in the same grid cell at the same time (esp. night).

By implication, what your provider knows, governments also know - they have a direct line.

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Re:Privacy vs. “I have nothing to hide” (2019) by jbay808 on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @05:53PM (#32843930)
That is not a record of a sexual encounter.
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Re:Privacy vs. “I have nothing to hide” (2019) by Smoosh on Thursday September 15, 2022 @09:40PM (#32860983)
"close enough for government work"
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Re:Privacy vs. “I have nothing to hide” (2019) by daniel-cussen on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @06:22PM (#32844230)
Dude basically sign a document cosenting to consenting to any document.

Sell your soul.

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