you can no longer commit anything "bad", ever, because "they" may catch you
Is it just me, or is HN getting really frikkin' paranoid?
to someone who may ask me "why would you want the freedom to do something bad?"
I think you're over-reaching.
Is it just me, or is HN getting really frikkin' paranoid?
to someone who may ask me "why would you want the freedom to do something bad?"
I think you're over-reaching.
But pragmatically, the more data they have, the more likely you are to show up as a false positive. Worst case; you handle something in a hardware store and it's later made into a bomb by a third party. You're going to need a solid alibi for that one.
Or you get placed at the scene of a protest even though you weren't present for it. Now you're on the terrorist list.
Additionally they can catch you more easily for victimless crimes, like if your fingerprints are on a bong they collect. I figure it's easy enough for them to stick you with a felony even without actively helping them get more data. So I'm trying to minimize the felonies I can be stuck with.