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'Eyes Everywhere': Congress Is About to Vote to Expand Mass Surveillance of Americans, Experts Warn::Privacy experts worry that a proposed reform bill would greatly widen how the government can surveil Americans’ digital communications.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Indeed, it's useful to China for blackmail, but they'd have a much harder time rolling me up in the US than the US government. And it's likely hardly worth the effort to the extent they might try.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely. I 100% prefer the Chinese to have all my data. I am a nothing person with no political power so if China wants to surveil me and train datasets with my data, cool. Because the alternative is the US and five eyes having that data and I absolutely do not want that.

Unfortunately it makes you look like the crazy uncle in the tinfoil hat if you try to bring it up. It's so outlandishly crazy like a Hollywood movie people don't believe it's real.