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		ta999999171 on Jan 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recomm... With aerial planes, and facial recognition everywhere, they won't have to. They can sit at home, and watch you, and you yesterday, and if they're really intrigued, you ten years ago!

caconym_ on Jan 28, 2020 [–]

Yeah, that's the point. In justifying this sort of ubiquitous surveillance, the phrase "expectation of privacy" (and related verbiage) is being grossly abused.

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