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To those of you with nothing to hide: One day you might have. Because you don’t make the rules.(mullvad.net)

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The most common argument used in defense of mass surveillance is ‘If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear’. Try saying that to women in the US states where abortion has suddenly become illegal. Say it to investigative journalists in authoritarian countries. Saying ‘I have nothing to hide’ means you stop caring about anyone fighting for their freedom. And one day, you might be one of them.

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GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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This information is pretty new. I didn’t know there was the edit.

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ZeroHora@lemmy.ml
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Further proof that what is illegal or not is volatile.

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AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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10.31.2018

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u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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Aaaaaah! What is that date format?!

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Scott@lem.free.as
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What is the 31st month? Modulo 12 would make it July.

10th July 2021. Gotcha.

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GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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Yes ik. My sources were from 2019 or so but I guess they had some outdating issues at that time already.

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KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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It’s from 2018. Sounds like what you don’t know could fill a warehouse.

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GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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Nobody can ever know even remotely everything. It’s physically impossible. I’m not a lawyer so it’s not even my main sphere of interest.

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gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world
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You’re right, nobody can ever know even remotely everything.

Luckily, the same device you used to post that comment can also be used to check if what you are about to say is actually true, so you can prevent yourself from spreading misinformation like this in the future.

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