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file this one under what? 'no shit, sherlock', 'well, duh', or 'told you so'?
Yeah, it's why we always said you shouldn't ever give government these kinds of surveillance powers. The oversight was already lacking as it was, and now you've got an actual fascist in charge. And you didn't do jack shit to reign it in at all after the first Trump presidency. This is why people hate the Democrats.
This is Ron Wyden. He's been fighting the "no duh" fight for his entire career. Fighting against surveillance and for personal privacy rights, net neutrality, etc. He's a real one.
The only one lol
Hence why we are so cooked
Il go with this one:
Democratic governments - setting up for totalitarian takeover since 5th Century BCE.
The democrats see stuff like this and think “well if he uses is then we can use it like that when we’re in power!”
Wal-Mart already has employees wearing body cameras. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/17/walmart-employees-wearing-body-cameras.html
Reading Doctorow's "Little Brother" today and it's scary as hell.
Hacker Peiter Zatko stated that the book is now used as training material for new NSA recruits in order to give them a different point of view.
Lol