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Imagine attending a left leaning protest, having your participation recorded (unknowingly) forever by your phone, and then having a right wing, authoritarian government come to power and use that forever information to round up yourself and your friends.

Or imagine a left wing authoritarian government targeting lockdown protestors.

We should all be concerned about wanton data collection.



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