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Comment by maxbond

I too have never experienced a violation of privacy which had a significant observable impact on my life. You and I have been fortunate in this respect.

Some people are literally targeted for harassment and murder because of some aspect of their identity, journalism, or activism. This isn't a hypothetical.

Here's one example from the top of my head:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/khashog...

Tl;Dr the dissident Khashoggi was infected with NSO malware before he was murdered by the Saudi government. That's a pretty clear violation of privacy in service of something I would guess you disagree with.

This story isn't an anomaly, I think if you looked into this further you would find innumerable privacy violations which bother you.

parent maxbond 3 years ago

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