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Old 03-07-2019, 06:11 PM   #2238
Flint
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Originally Posted by Undertoad View Post
(And if you're not aware of it, how bad can it be?)
The NSA's mass surveillance program seemed pretty bad. And pretty consistent with decades of privacy fears. Assuming equivalence (which there isn't) wouldn't you say the 'grocery store club card' anecdote and the 'government is spying on everybody' anecdote, "cancel" each other out*?



*that's not how it works, but if it did
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