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[–] Chulk@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

The next step they'll take is hooking into the amber alert system to find missing kids. Then, it will be finding "criminals," which applies to basically everyone thanks to NPSM-7.

The "If I've got nothing to hide, why should I care" argument has predictably aged like sour milk.

[–] Chulk@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The fun part is that they're already at the "criminals" stage and we have been for a while. The marketing team is just backing into it and manufacturing consent.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Yup, this is effective propaganda used to make people feel good about the devices.

[–] johncandy1812@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

They were hinting at its use for that in this ad by showing a young child right away.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The “If I’ve got nothing to hide, why should I care” argument has predictably aged like sour milk.

has it? the kind of critical thought that easily dispels this fallacy isn't being applied right now on a global scale as evidenced by the fact that people are blaming russia for the epstein illuminati ring.

[–] Chulk@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not sure that I'm following/understanding. I'm saying that skeptics of the "if I've got nothing to hide" argument were correct. You do have something to hide if the people in power suddenly change the definition of what's legal.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago

the "i have nothing to hide" argument is easily dispelled by several avenues of critical thought; including the one your comment points out.

this sort of critical thought is not being applied to the russia/epstein narrative that's taking hold on american politics right now.