Comment by willmadden
1 year ago
What is being proposed here will be used as a tool of fear by the government to suppress speech it doesn't like.
Comparing what one individual did in the past to a formal government policy doxxing away peoples' 4th amendment rights is a strawman argument.
I think we don't understand each other. I'm not giving a moral or legal judgement on what Snowden in particular did. I'm saying, the information he disclosed showed a vast and total violation of American's 4th amendment rights on behalf of the US government.
This KYC requirement seems to me, at a glance, as being a small erosion of our digital privacy.
You're not wrong, but there is an important big difference between this and the Snowden revelations: The Snowden stuff was illegal and was being done in secret, and once exposed they had to stop. It was considered bad and embarrassing. This would be legal, and will set a strong precedent.
> The Snowden stuff was illegal
I would say "unconstitutional" (it was on its face legal), but yup.
> and was being done in secret
Do open secrets count? We all knew they were spying.
> and once exposed they had to stop
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
They still haven't stopped.