• AWildMimicAppears@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 months ago

    I would argue that gathering data about your own citizens is actively worse than china doing it; an average US citizen has a lot more to lose if the 3-letter-agencies or the police use it against them, because those are who you would have to deal with in person.

    • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Valid point. I think the issue is that we know there is no good reason for China to have that data, and we know that they are hostile, so it’s an easy decision.