• illi@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Also… what kind of argument is that? It may be dozens a year but once it is normalized with those dozens, it will become few dozens and on and on it goes.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pub
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      1 year ago

      Not a general slippery slope argument, but rather, it’s clear how it makes future erosion easier.

      Today: People named Joe who live at this address can be harassed freely and that’s perfectly legal. Tomorrow: It’s not so extreme! Look, see, we’ve never universally respected these rights anyway. There are cases where we legally ignored them. We’re just expanding existing rules to cover more cases.

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      1 year ago

      People always abuse these back doors. Always. To think otherwise is to be ridiculously naive