[HN Gopher] FBI Searched Data of Millions of Americans Without W...
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       FBI Searched Data of Millions of Americans Without Warrants
        
       Author : grupthink
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2022-04-29 21:14 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.bloomberg.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.bloomberg.com)
        
       | humbleMouse wrote:
        
       | decremental wrote:
       | Interesting a story like this pops up and no one seems to care
       | but a guy buys Twitter and there are 5000 heated comments. I
       | can't tell if it's just because we're so beaten down by the
       | unstoppable and never ending betrayals by government, a
       | completely screwed up sense of priorities, or both.
        
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         | everforward wrote:
         | > a completely screwed up sense of priorities
         | 
         | This one, although I wouldn't choose quite that phrasing. Most
         | people don't seem to care too much, so we're condoning the
         | behavior via democratic process. I wouldn't be surprised if a
         | significant chunk of people support it in the name of stopping
         | the terrorists. I don't agree with that, but such is democracy.
         | Especially in a system where we effectively vote on a whole
         | world view by electing representatives, instead of voting on
         | laws ourselves. Joe Schmoe might be anti-surveillance state but
         | even more pro-gun, so if his options are anti-surveillance and
         | anti-gun or pro both, he picks the pro-gun one even though his
         | views don't entirely align.
        
           | JumpCrisscross wrote:
           | > _wouldn 't be surprised if a significant chunk of people
           | support it in the name of stopping the terrorists_
           | 
           | Most people don't care. The vocal minority who _do_ care have
           | a habit of jumping the shark. That lets perfect be the enemy
           | of the good and in the end no policy gets printed.
        
       | adwi wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/2s3Yg
        
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