I wonder if Lemmy users are also on a watch list.

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    I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure labeling something as mundane as Linux enthusiasts as extremist, most of whom are entirely innocent, is not a good way of tracking down actual extremists. You’re excessively expanding your search surface which will add a lot more noise than targets and actually make each search more difficult and time consuming. But who knows what their actual intentions are.

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      You don’t really think NSA is actually trying to find actual extremists, do you?

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      I forget what that software was called, xkeyscore or something, where they can see your entire digital footprint in a centralized place. I don’t think they’re using it to solve murderers or anything, just find people who could potentially embarrass the US in the same way manning or snowden did.

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        “The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power.” – George Orwell, 1984

        I will keep posting this quote because it is one of the most relevant things I’ve ever read.