Re:Re:publica 15: Google Promotes Privacy, But Not Too Much
by pmontra on Monday May 11, 2015 @08:14AM
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I think you can start investigating Joe for an email he sent 10 years ago and that your scanning algorithm picked up from the archive only now. Maybe you're searching for matches with different keywords (the X in "war on X" changed). That email and the actions could have been lawful at the time and now, but Joe could be marked as suspicious and all sort of unpleasant things can happen to him and his friends.
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Re:Re:publica 15: Google Promotes Privacy, But Not Too Much
by ascagnel_ on Monday May 11, 2015 @08:55AM
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If it was legal when the actions occurred, you cannot be tried. Similarly, if you committed a crime before the law was changed to allow it, then you have still broken the law.
Re:Re:publica 15: Google Promotes Privacy, But Not Too Much
by JupiterMoon on Monday May 11, 2015 @09:30AM
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The point here is that you can be placed on certain watchlists with no due process. No trial is required to be placed on the US no fly list or any countries terror watchlists.