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user-inactivated  ·  4272 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Eternal Value of Privacy

This slippery slope is real. Sacrificing a little privacy for one thing does make it seem more acceptable to sacrifice a little more for something else, so forbidding yelling fire in a crowded theater makes it easier to swallow national security letters, and accepting cameras at dangerous intersections makes it easier to accept cameras at every street corner. Making a "reasonable" compromise shifts the bounds for what is reasonable.