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by x5n1 4010 days ago
This might not be a problem if we did not have a totalitarian legal system that depends on privacy and discretion because without it pretty much everyone is a criminal. I don't look forward to the day when government can pretty much put anyone away using secret evidence and laws that are already on the books.

They have already used so-called terrorism legislation to put away people involved with the drug trade. How long before they start spying on people downloading copyrighted material or in the UK people watching unsavory porn.