Comment by tencentshill
2 days ago
It now directly affects the troops and military, who they ostensibly do care about. Maybe the citizens can have a little privacy reform, as a trickle-down treat.
2 days ago
It now directly affects the troops and military, who they ostensibly do care about. Maybe the citizens can have a little privacy reform, as a trickle-down treat.
The US will still surveil the troops and citizens. All this does is reduce the commercial attack surface for adversaries, privacy be damned.
The "buying from advertisers" strategy was a workaround, and has yet to be properly tested in court. Hopefully we'll get that loophole closed soon. They also use it heavily for recruitment to pinpoint the most desperate youth.
maybe trickle-down privacy will be more successful than trickle-down economics. one can hope.
Trump has demonstrated repeatedly, emphatically, and publicly that he does not care about the troops, or at least certainly not injured/captured/killed ones. Or minorities. Or non-citizens fighting for the country. Or citizens with non-citizen spouses/fiancees/parents.
If they cared about the troops, they wouldn't send them on bullshit missions like whatever we're doing in Iran.