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Re:What worries me most about the NSA fibre issue... by tlrobinson on Monday June 17, 2013 @12:32PM (#5894110)
"Is not that they are monitoring me. I have nothing to hide."

This is not a valid argument. See http://www.thoughtcrime.org/blog/we-should-all-have-somethin... and http://kottke.org/13/06/you-commit-three-felonies-a-day

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Re:What worries me most about the NSA fibre issue... by SkyMarshal on Monday June 17, 2013 @01:22PM (#5894478)
And this: http://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fv4r6/i_belie...
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Re:What worries me most about the NSA fibre issue... by visarga on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @05:30AM (#5898315)
tl;dr

- there are too many laws to keep track of - we could potentially violate any of them

- even if you have a squeaky clean record you can still be targeted for blackmail through your circle of friends and family - if they did anything bad - drugs, etc - you are at risk too

- it's a reversal of the presumption of innocence; we are now all potential terrorists plotting in secret

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