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by throwaway75 1769 days ago
Sometimes there are more important things than maintaining individual privacy and this is clearly one of them.

Finding and protecting even a few children from becoming victims of pornography is clearly something that is well worth my not having 100% privacy.

Even knowing that there might be false alarms.

Despite what the strident discourse has been, individual privacy is not some sancrosanct idea that cannot ever be tread upon. There are some things that are far far more important than that.

2 comments

No sir, not at all. The basement of all individual rights is freedom. If police can't do their job in a proper way we shouldn't abandone our right to not be monitored in our private life to supplant their ineffectiveness.
Politicians love this guy ^ ; that's the way to right-think citizen, carry on :)
Child pornographers love this guy ^ ; that's the way to right-think consumer, carry on :)