Americans, how do you feel about being stored in a database by government agencies like the NSA? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by gnutard@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Every search you make, email you send, text message, voice chat, location, and most likely the conversations you have in your own home are monitored and stored in a database for whoever knows how long (probably forever). When I hear land of the free, I immediately think bullshit. We are slowly losing our freedoms, what can we do to prevent this? I mean, when Edward Snowden dropped the leaks, people protested, but barely anything changed. What can we do? This post not only applies to Americans, your own government in another country may possibly does the same thing. Feel free to comment!

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[-] Delusional@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

There's literally nothing we can do. Those in power will always abuse their power eventually and now with modern tech, they abuse that too. Yeah there is really no reason for it and it sucks but they just do it because they fucking can. I've had my fill of power tripping assholes who don't deserve it.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee -2 points 6 months ago

I feel I overestimate such people who only take heed to alphanumericals and not what one might call backdoor communication. Case in point.

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[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social -3 points 6 months ago

Europeans go 10 minutes without talking about how terrible the US is challenge (impossible)

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