Yes Privacy != Freedom but they are closly related. So much so that we can say that you cannot have freedom without privacy. If anything, the state (governemnt) proves time and again that when given power they WILL abuse it. If stands to reason that making it easy, nay manditory for the state to spy on its population AUTOMATICALLY means less freedom for those very same citizens.
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Yes Privacy != Freedom but they are closly related. So much so that we can say that you cannot have freedom without privacy. If anything, the state (governemnt) proves time and again that when given power they WILL abuse it. If stands to reason that making it easy, nay manditory for the state to spy on its population AUTOMATICALLY means less freedom for those very same citizens.