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user-inactivated · 4092 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: Why do you think an honest person should care about Internet surveillance and privacy?
Knowing that you could be watched at any time means you might as well be being watched all the time. Consider what that means when you're Billy in Texas and develop an interest in politics; having heard what the people of good people of Bumfuck say about insufficiently right-wing right-wing nutjobs, you fear being observed researching anything else. Maybe you question your religion, but because you've heard what the good people of Bumfuck say about atheists, you don't want to be observed researching atheism. Maybe you think you might be gay... Power doesn't have to be abused to be oppressive.