Sucks, but the so-called “second world” is witnessing what sees as brisk business, deals with anyone from Canada to Taliban Afghanistan.

  • mrnobody@reddthat.com
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    9 hours ago

    Well, yeah maybe in theory the US supposedly has privacy.

    The NSA over 20 years ago began to surveil all citizens post 9/11

    https://www.aclu.org/issues/national-security/privacy-and-surveillance/nsa-surveillance

    Police, specifically federal ICE agents, use Stingrays aka IMSI simulators to hijack cell signals to spy on users nearby and track them down.

    https://sls.eff.org/technologies/cell-site-simulators-imsi-catchers

    Maybe the US is worse for misleading its citizens into thinking they’re safe and have privacy, but it is far from the truth. Is not about whether or not you have anything to hide, it’s about having peace of mind of actual security in data. Or hell just your day to day.

    It’s like a cheater in a relationship. They accuse you of all these nasty things because they do it themselves and think if they do it so must everyone else be doing it too. Every accusation is an admission of guilt…