"Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded." - Edward Snowden
"Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded." - Edward Snowden
The DMCA and the patriot act should have been enough to get people off their asses and taking action. Unfortunately, Americans don't give a flying fuck about their privacy. What I really love is that all your online bullshit affects me too and I'm not an American citizen nor doninliv there.
59Hate to tell you this, but the US is the closest to an actual international government we have. If you want something enforced that doesn't involve them good luck.
And even worse news, no one else currently has the capacity to really enforce anything on them. EU comes close with corporate requirements within their borders.
The basis of power is unilateral force and always has been. It used to be the British Empire or France or Rome.
Guess what this isn't exactly comfortable in the US either. We've been freaking out for nearly 80 years.
9Merica, World Police... but also standards setter.
2Kinda off the subject of privacy and secret policing narrowly, but just wait until Trump, and his 50,000 Project 2025 loyalists take the reigns.
That's going to be interesting to see.
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Honestly, if it took until today with the small additions to the already sweeping shitbills that are codified into law before you became angry or worried, you're just not paying attention. And an ignorant electorate deserves the fall of their country.
I've been shouting this from the rooftops for two decades. It's been going on for forever (like when we gathered around the transistor radio for family fun), but now it's just getting more creepy as technology improves.
It's nearly impossible to be anonymous. But I do choose carefully what data to share and to whom. A very worrying trend in the US is this push to identify verify everything. You MUST use an app with fingerprinting. You must enter a valid US phone number to register. You have to send LinkedIn a copy of your photo ID... No. Just stop it.
44And an ignorant electorate deserves the fall of their country.
No they don't. That is the epitome of victim blaming.
45No that's called actions having consequences. Sometimes when you're a victim, it's because you're a dipshit and you deserve it. Not everything is 100% black and white and "victim blaming" should absolutely happen when it is deserved.
The stupid Trump voters that are now upset he actually took away their right to choose on abortion are victims of their own stupidity and/or greed. Blame them. Shame them. Stop protecting them
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15Looks like it's just an image. I think that's okay because it's a meme community primarily, but thanks for the links.
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Joke's on the government, that's what gets me off.
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