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Surveillance: too cheap to meter

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Either we slap a stiff tax on surveillance data, or we learn to love the panopticon.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 17 2022, @04:26PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 17 2022, @04:26PM (#1222522)

    How do you prevent government from just opening a corporation that purchases the same information? Even if it's not admissable in court, LEOs have shown time and time again that they are very willing to use parallel construction to make cases.

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Thursday February 17 2022, @04:45PM (1 child)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday February 17 2022, @04:45PM (#1222528) Journal

    At some point that corporation would need to give the info to the government. We would make that transfer illegal without a warrant.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 17 2022, @07:25PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 17 2022, @07:25PM (#1222573)

      "Illegal" doesn't stop the transfer, just using it in court...