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You'd think the 1986 law that allows any entity in the government can read anyone's email is bigger ammo

It's the ultimate hack, because it's in plain sight and somehow no-one cares.

But run your own private email server in your home to prevent warrantless abuse and everyone loses their damn minds.



Why can't both be bad and unacceptable?

Playing the shades of grey game is a great wait to force dissent in an area that should incite cooperation.


Of course they are both "bad" - it is a matter of degrees.

One is a lazy, immoral company started on a whim that took off and "surprise" they ran their business in a lazy immoral way.

The other is government sanctioned, taxpayer funded, broadly used abuse of police powers without oversight, based on a law that is 30 years old.




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