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It's strange for the same issues with China there is 'outrage', and then for the exact same things here we see hand waving and 'technical' solutions.

What technical solution is going to protect the human being from the indignity of security personnel presuming the right to going through your personal papers and thoughts? And this is already in effect in US airports with no pushback.

It is this denial by many about what is happening at home and the absence of mainstream protests and push back that has allowed the the rise of surveillance capitalism, the NSA, secret courts, secret orders, secret processes and brazen surveillance demands by governments.

The worse it becomes the more the need to posture and distract by seeking to hold others accountable for the very things you are neck deep in.



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