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I thought this was really well articulated, goes for all mass surveillance:

> But why?

> You might not think that your secrets are worth keeping, but with enough data, everyone’s a suspect. Maybe you’ve sent a Merry Christmas text to the suspect of an ongoing investigation? Maybe you’ve googled “manure” the week before a homemade bomb is found?

> Maybe you’re the only person with a mobile phone that’s been near the scene of a crime, and maybe you’d just bought binliners. Mass surveillance flips the burden of proof. Your movements are recorded and can be used against you, but not in your defense. You might have left your phone at home on purpose.




> but not in your defense

why not in my defence? i mean, my smartphone already knows everything about me, so why not use it for my defence?


That’s not how mass surveillance works, you don’t have access to the same information, and you don’t even know what information there is to even request in the first place. It’s asymmetrical.




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