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Re:California police use of body cameras cuts violence and c... by DanBC on Sunday March 23, 2014 @05:22PM (#7455219)
I genuinely don't understand why it's okay for people but not okay for governments?

People who breach privacy do stuff with that information. Governments who breach privacy do very little with that information, and mostly not to me.

That's not to say it is acceptable for governments to do it - they must not. But if find it weird to read on HN peoe saying that it is terrible for a government to breach privacy but then admitting they do it to their users.

Re:California police use of body cameras cuts violence and c... by gohrt on Sunday March 23, 2014 @05:55PM (#7455372)
Parent poster wasn't condoning breaching privacy; parent poster was condoning an individual owning their own observatiosn.
Re:California police use of body cameras cuts violence and c... by baddox on Sunday March 23, 2014 @06:14PM (#7455459)
One reason is that governments are funded by taxation, which is compulsory.