• Saljid@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Oh yeah, and so little spying and the privacy of their citizens is respected, I know

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        You’re absolutely right, but if everyone goes authoritarian . . . they are likely to end up on top /s

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        Right. Like the license plate readers, and backdoor in every operating system, and phone tracking… Wait we are talking about the US right?

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          No, the topic was Canada and moving to China for less surveillance and more privacy, my confused friend. The west is regressing to where China already is and then plus some.

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            2 days ago

            If you mean Internet monitoring and social media policing… Wait are we talking about the UK?

    • Premadekrill(She/Her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Maybe I’m missing the vibe here, but are you guys still talking about the subject of this post? If so, just a heads-up: all three apps mentioned in the title have been banned in China for well over a decade.