So we can afford space weapons but not universal health care and basic social safety net programs?

Modern heroes. Keep up the good work!

So I was just thinking recently about the Boston Tea Party and how the people at that time were just squeezed to the point where it wasn’t tolerable anymore by the powers that be and decided that it was time to take action. Maybe all those data centers can help us read up on neat history lessons.

Don’t worry, it’ll come in right after those doge refund checks hit!

This is exactly what “I have nothing to hide” should sound exceedingly thin. If “knowledge is power”, then they already have power over you. It will start with “activists“ for “safety purposes,” just like flock, but it ends in totalitarianism.

“A republic, if we can keep it.”

Just for safety.

Once again, if this were labeled a person (since corporations have personhood rights) you’d get a restraining order for stalking. Especially in light of the SCOTUS decision to invalidate geofence dragnet surveillance…

No worries, better to be cautious and not trust by default in the current climate.

Oh dear… *commences sycophancy routine

You’ve made some excellent points highlighting how common and needed encryption is. Which also highlights how important it is to defend the right to encryption from government overreach.

A key under the mat for the cops is a key under the mat for the neredowells as well. Which also begs the question, how comfortable are with the cops showing up in your living room uninvited?

Well that’s good news, but he’s still immorally rich and in need of taxation.

He had AI write his rebuttal.

Got a link to these studies? Who is “they?”

If you can’t afford to pay your employees a living wage, do better.

Which is why online privacy is a big deal even if you don’t have “something to hide.” Use any of the plethora of other search options available besides Google. Use tracker blockers and link scrubbers whenever possible. Block any unnecessary cookies. And use fingerprint protection whenever possible. VPNs can be helpful in many cases too. No reason not to and it’s pretty quick and easy to do.

Thank you. It can’t be both the reason for job cuts yet not show massive productivity gains. The reason is corporate greed in a squeezed economy.

Easier to exploit the children when you already have Sunderland data on their whole childhood. Just stood setting this in the same context as age verification laws “For child safety.”

Try not being evil then if you’re mad about being caught.

Tell me your country is falling into private sector authoritarianism without telling me your country is falling into private sector authoritarianism.

What if we as a society decided to just not?