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by alexeisadeski3 4521 days ago
Totally agree that having one's privacy protected from the private sector is important!

But it's more important to have one's privacy protected from those who, as I said, have the legal authority to torture, imprison, and rob.

Problem here being that any legislation, in current climate, will only restrict private spying and not government spying.

>And if your government has the legal authority to torture you, you need a new government.

Agreed!

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I don't disagree with you, nor do I have any problem with creating constitution-level changes that would in principle bind governments in similar ways. I just think these are two different issues, and a win on either one of them is still a win, even if the other one is still a problem.