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Regulate it.

The FBI/CIA/CCP are not the people we elect.

My representative is behind the charge to undo the app store monopoly. We can also push for less surveillance, less centralization of power, etc.

It seems if the OS vendor doesn't get to have a default browser, default app store, and default cloud store, that they don't get access to scan your files without asking either.

Legislate.




Agreed. Democratically decide where the lines are, or ought to be, then move those lines with amendments and revisions as needed. Judge those lines in the broader context of our legal system. We balance these issues in the physical world with warrants and judicial oversight - that's what we need here - sensible middle ground the democracy can live with.




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