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In reply to the discussion: Here's What Happens When Someone Wants To Use YOUR "PUBLIC" INFO To INTIMIDATE YOU. [View all]idwiyo
(5,113 posts)in a way that is not approved by the authoritarians. 'Happy' in this case includes everything - way of life, beliefs, political affiliation, you name it. It doesn't matter if what you do doesn't affect them directly, the actual idea that you are doing it is enough to make them want to stop you from doing it.
The only way to control that is by supporting a wide set of countermeasures, typically called 'laws', but only those that are approved by authoritarians of course.
This is why I am not buying the 'we need it to fight terrorism' BS. Like fuck they do. They want an ability to control everyone and gathering data about everyone is the best way to control them.
The most laughable part is that little authoritarian enablers honestly believe they have nothing to fear because they support the "government".