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points by iAMkenough 1 day ago | 0 comments
Public servants? It’s the line the government uses to justify dragnet mass surveillance.

No harm in knowing who is working for you.

[–] aliasxneo 1 day ago
> It’s the line the government uses to justify dragnet mass surveillance.

Agreed. But I don't see how that justifies your original comment.

[–] bobthepanda 1 day ago
The original comment is clearly an expression of schadenfreude.
[–] dpkirchner 1 day ago
It's the line that folks on a certain side of the political divide (typically aligned with DHS) tend to bring out whenever we talk about the harms of surveillance.