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pavel_lishinyesterday at 7:23 PM5 repliesview on HN

> “If you’re not doing anything illegal, why worry about it?” said long-time Jacumba resident Allen Stanks, 70.

I'm going to grind my teeth into a fine powder.


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hydrogen7800yesterday at 8:41 PM

This is perhaps a more common opinion than you think. Making it easy to catch bad guys is enough reason. I don't know how to effectively convince someone that the ease of law enforcement comes at the expense of liberty, which so many of the aforementioned opinion-holders also claim to be concerned about. I feel like it should be self-evident, that law enforcement and liberty are mutually exclusive, and that we have things like warrants to allow that infringement on liberty in very narrow circumstances. Dragnet surveillance is warrant-less evidence gathering.

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pinkmuffinereyesterday at 7:29 PM

> “Everyone is talking about privacy, OK. Stop putting everything on Facebook. ‘Here’s a picture of my food.’ Who cares?” said Stanks.

Lol, this is just an old guy that wants to say something, _anything_ to the world

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mingus88yesterday at 10:26 PM

Yeah ask this guy how he’d feel if a different party were in power and doing this.

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staplersyesterday at 9:04 PM

The answer is always "because law enforcement is usually doing something illegal"

hollow-moeyesterday at 7:52 PM

"You're in public space, you can't assume any kind of privacy here. Just don't go out."