People laugh and mock China while the same is bring implemented here. But they'll tell you "I have nothing to hide". I guess they have to be personally misjudged by AI to understand the privacy is indeed important.
Sadly, these are the mistakes humans have to make to understand. Whether they can remedy it is unknown as Pandora's box might already have been opened.
Things like the EU-Linux petition and public money, public code are becoming evermore important. If you're European, sign the petition and share it. We are looking down the barrel of all US software being used to spy on us (if it isn't being done already).
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