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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 06:57:23 JST Aral Balkan

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   • Michelle R. Smith

   @mrsmith If only some folks had warned about the very real potential of these sorts of abuses ahead of time… 🤔

   “Once this is up and running, there are a lot of people who will want to get their hands on that data eventually. Don’t forget that the type of data collected is the same kind of data that the United States government uses to decide who is and isn’t a terrorist before ordering them killed using drone strikes.”

   https://ar.al/2020/04/11/how-apple-and-google-will-cure-covid-19-and-how-you-can-opt-into-it-if-you-want-to-keep-your-job/

   • Michelle R. Smith (mrsmith@journa.host)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 06:57:30 JST Michelle R. Smith

     An AP investigation has found that authorities used technologies mobilized for COVID-19 for purposes entirely unrelated to the pandemic — halting travel for activists and ordinary people, harassing marginalized communities and linking people’s health information to other surveillance and law enforcement tools.  In some cases, data was shared with spy agencies #surveillance #pandemic https://apnews.com/article/technology-police-government-surveillance-covid-19-3f3f348d176bc7152a8cb2dbab2e4cc4

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   • 寮 (ryo@social.076.moe)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 07:41:56 JST 寮

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     • Michelle R. Smith
     What you guys are reporting on today is what all the rest of us reported on for 3 years, and were called "crazy conspiracy theorists" for all that time.
     And in my country those of us saying "stop worrying about the covAIDS and let's return back to reality again" are still considered "crazy conspiracy theorists" to this day.
     Never forgive, never forget.