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With low level bureaucrats getting access to this data, isn't it inevitable that we'll start seeing massive security breaches on a routine basis?

I suppose we'll just have to start assuming that anything said or written or looked up online will eventually be accessible to anyone who's interested.




Yes - aside from the inevitable LOVINT abuses, it seems likely that this will end up compromising even more sources and methods.


We're also about to witness an explosion of blackmailing by local law enforcement against the citizens they're supposed to be protecting. It'll make the police property confiscation / theft racket look tiny by comparison.




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