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Old 12-14-2009, 03:30 PM  
Libertine
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Originally Posted by AtlantisCash View Post
The conclusion on that page perfectly exposes the flaw in their thinking:

"It is often said that if you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear. However, this is only true if every aspect of the criminal justice system works perfectly, on every occasion. INDECT will provide EU Member States with the technology to ensure that decisions around public safety are based on the maximum amount of relevant information available."

Basically, they inform us that they need to know everything about us in order to prevent them from accidentally wrongly using information against us. "We can make mistakes, so we need more power." What they conveniently fail to mention is that more power leads to the possibility of larger consequences when that power is abused.

In a sense, it even implies a threat: if you don't give up all your privacy, you might just become the victim of miscarriages of justice.
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