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Official abuse of state security has always been bad, now it's horrifying

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96 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 21 Apr 25 10:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Havoc ◴[21 Apr 25 12:00 UTC] No.43750927[source]▶
The entire western sphere seems to be doing a sharp pivot away from classic "freedom" values. Age checks, encryption, phone searches at borders etc...it's looking a bit different in each country but the trend seems worryingly uniform.
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1. zitsarethecure ◴[21 Apr 25 12:10 UTC] No.43751022[source]▶
IMO the appearance of uniformity is not a co-incidence.