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Originally Posted by aka123
So, it would be fool to think that governments aren't doing what? Exactly?
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Social manipulation. Everything below, taken directly from the Snowden documents. This is reality, not assumptions or "what if".
People who say they have nothing to hide, it's not about being innocent or guilty of anything, it's about social manipulation of the worst kind. Your privacy is important so you can be manipulated less. End of story.
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The UK intelligence agency GCHQ has developed sophisticated tools to manipulate online polls, spam targets with SMS messages, track people by impersonating spammers and monitor social media postings, according to newly-published documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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