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I think civil unrest will set back privacy efforts. Basically, when people are scared, they want the government to protect them and theirs, and privacy concerns are pushed to the back burner.

bigiain on June 3, 2020 | [–]

> Basically, when people are scared, they want the government to protect them

That works only until the people you're scared of are those the government sends "to serve and protect"...

deathgrips on June 3, 2020 | [–]

>when people are scared, they want the government to protect them and theirs

Should someone tell him?

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