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[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

http://reason.com/archives/2013/06/12/three-reasons-the-nothing-to-hide-crowd
http://www.cato.org/blog/why-nsa-collecting-phone-records-problem
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110524/00084614407/privacy-is-not-secrecy-debunking-if-youve-got-nothing-to-hide-argument.shtml
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/the-data-trust-blog/2009/02/debunking-a-myth-if-you-have-n.html

There are a significant number of people who respond to any revelation that government is violating the law (yes, the Constitution is part of the law) with a shrug and "I've got nothing to hide". These people are selfish fools at best. They are not looking at the bigger picture and/or aren't considering other people. Plus, they probably aren't paying attention to the fact that everyone in America is currently a criminal, that everyone violates a law with serious penalties at some point, whether you know it or not. (And the fact that that is the case is another problem, but that's outside the scope of my point here.)

Even Biden and Obama railed against what they are themselves supporting now, before they were in power. That alone should be enough to make you stop and think about what having that kind of power available can do to people.

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[telemann.livejournal.com]

Yeah, as I mentioned to NMG, I found a LA Times article in 1989 where they mentioned the plug was finally plugged on them. Some of the traffic lights in my home town would go to blinking amber after midnight. As the signals were upgraded with those detectors that was embedded into the asphalt, you saw less and less of those flashing amber signals. I don't know why, but I felt sad when I saw them convert this one intersection near my home. My folks had a Princess Phone in the bedroom with the night light built in (and I found out recently those things are extremely valuable now ;)

./*those were the good ole days