• Harpuajim@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    How about the fact that it needs a judge’s approval and that surveillance is restricted to very specific cases for a limited amount of time?

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      1 year ago

      When people hold conspiracy theories about the government being some monolithic engine of evil, or people who don’t believe government should exist because “muh freedoms”, any time an arm of the government is used as a check they just don’t care. It doesn’t matter that their beliefs have no basis in reality - they will dismiss any evidence contrary to their beliefs because it’s dangerous to their worldview. It wouldn’t matter if 1,000,000 warrants are denied for every 1 warrant approved - the one approval is all the evidence needed to claim tyranny.