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A comment on NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scanning of Digital Versions. Parent comment

Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by mabbo on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:06PM (#34507430)
This is why I love HN. You've taken a really nice idea and identified exactly how it will be abused by awful people.
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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by visarga on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:37PM (#34507952)
Oh, not just the parent poster. It was also my first thought.
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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by themitigating on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:30PM (#34507823)
Because that's always a possibility! Not thinking that way is why company after company seems make the same mistakes.
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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by juve1996 on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:18PM (#34509631)
All ideas can be abused by awful people.

This is why we have stalled in general ; everyone has some "slippery slope" boogeyman as an excuse why we can't solve problems society faces.

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