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by jvdizzle 1408 days ago
If you think of consumer purchases when you think of financial privacy, you live in a bubble of privilege.

There are literally countries where people get sent to jail for giving money to pro-democracy groups or journalists.

If you're an American, imagine a scenario where rights are stripped away from people at the federal level and donating to those causes becomes illegal.

Surveillance has impacts far beyond your consumerist lifestyle.