Asymmetryk

finishing my comment here for the curious

the expansion of research surveillance actually only opens to new research interests the hidden and almost disused wealth accumulated at public expense over generations.

I don't suspect that my views are sympathetic with the majority of people on hn but that's why I wrote this here - admittedly in hope of being found of some interest briefly even if my comment is voted down and invisible unless the reader chooses to see down voted comments especially

the existence of a surveillance state isn't possible to dispute

it cannot be reasonably argued against

but for the whole of my life I have only seen polar argument and political alignment with essentially bipolar and absolutely extreme positions of pro or con the enforcement of powers that is carried out by technology using the very kind of skills we otherwise would applaud Cellebrite vulns aside

why don't we seek to fix this problem altogether?

the argument is always the powers that ...