Government Surveillance Distrust

Comments express deep skepticism and fear of government motives in surveillance, privacy invasion, and control, often citing risks of abuse, totalitarianism, and loss of freedoms.

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Sample Comments

pizza Apr 25, 2019 View on HN

People's governments are doing, or actively not doing, things in their name that people would be unhappy to discover. Sounds like news to me.

wallace_f Jan 9, 2019 View on HN

Wait until you hear about all the ways government applies that same authority to "protecting" people

singold Nov 24, 2014 View on HN

Maybe this is a good example of why is not a good idea for our goverments to have irrestricted access to everything, because this kind of people would have access too.

weakfish May 27, 2024 View on HN

Why do you believe the government seeks to control us? Genuine question

mordnis Sep 11, 2025 View on HN

Maybe we should have no government, because they always have some information on us which can be abused

GaryTang Oct 23, 2021 View on HN

Sounds like an excuse for the government to further invade our privacy.

whataretensors May 23, 2018 View on HN

I'm suggesting it's a power play from the governments using privacy as an excuse.

tehjoker Jan 8, 2021 View on HN

The government is the one depriving us of privacy at a scale unknown in human history. Turn-about is fair play.

mnd999 Jun 13, 2022 View on HN

You want the government to track you everywhere you go? What could possibly go wrong with that?

hanniabu Feb 18, 2019 View on HN

Invalid logic. If you don't trust the government then you probably assume they're already accessing your information.