Comment by SteveNuts

9 months ago

We're two decades into "The Digital Millennium" and our laws are still stuck in 1999 (except for the ones that ya know, allow dragnet spying).

I'd wholeheartedly support any candidates that push for a data/privacy "Bill of rights".

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acdha  9 months ago

I’m optimistic for Harris, not just because she’s so much younger and less beholden to industry, but because she created an entire unit for privacy protection when she was the California AG:

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kama...

  • krageon  9 months ago

    There has never been a US president that had anything close to ethical behaviour (to wit: the ones that existed after drone strikes became a thing all signed off on drone strikes. Those hit a lot of innocent people. The US has never stopped having slavery. I could go on). It is really the height of fanciful thinking to believe that the flavour of the month US leader will be any different.

    • acdha  9 months ago

      That’s absurdly naive – it’s like saying every picture is the same because they aren’t entirely (255, 255, 255) pixels. If your goal is to do anything other than feel smug, consider the impact such non-serious positions have on how other people will perceive anything more serious you say.

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