Government Surveillance Debate
This cluster centers on concerns about mass surveillance by governments, especially in the US and UK, including references to state programs, privacy rights, the 'nothing to hide' argument, and criticisms of expanding surveillance powers.
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You might be interested in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_Unite...
you can go learn about state surveillance more generally to answer that instead of handwaving it away as 'seems worth it to me'
It’s eye opening how naive some people on HN are despite decades of evidence that things are always twisted in favor of more government surveillance especially outside of the US.
The state monitors you actively not just passively:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_Unite...
Surveillance is a political topic. Get it off HN.
Makes me think of this article about the American surveillance state http://harvardmagazine.com/2017/01/the-watchers
according to this logic, total video surveillance is ok too, because it's just a tool. the government scanning all your private conversations is ok too, as long as the government is good.but all these could be used by a government to influence the voter behaviour such that they stay in power forever, China style.you are ready for communism.
the USA has achieved communist levels of surveillance
Nahh US surveillance is the good kind /s
You're making the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument except for corporate surveillance instead of state surveillance.