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Toribor@corndog.social 6 months agoCongress believes it’s a national security threat which is probably true but they haven’t bothered explaining this to their constituents at all. Ideally they’d pass comprehensive privacy protection laws to setup standards that both domestic and foreign companies would be subject to. Then companies either adjust their behaviors and meet a certain level of transparency or they would be prosecuted under the law.
But no… We get this instead: a confusing and obviously targeted ultimatum with Congress telling everyone ‘trust me bro this is the only way’
admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 6 months ago
No, no, no. That would mean dismantling PRISM and the FISA. Gathering data on citizens is only bad when China does it.
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I mean, to be fair, both are extremely bad and should be stopped, but a hostile foreign country gather data and pushing propaganda on your citizens IS worse than you or non-hostile foreign countries doing it.
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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 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.