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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Schools buying FBI-grade phone-hacking tech, can grab texts and photos — and don’t require a warrant (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (1 children)

Yes the supreme court tends to decide things, especially when it relates to entities controlled by the government. What makes politics relevant in this thread? Why can't everybody just agree that spying on students is wrong? Why does this have to become "My team is better than their team" when at the end of the day regardless of your political position the vast majority of people will agree that spying on students is wrong.

I'm pretty sure this is a 4th amendment issue, and I'm no expert but from what I gather the republicans are big 4th amendment stans. I genuinely don't understand. I'm not a republican/conservative, I'm just an internet user tired of everything being "US VS THEM" when I just want to be angry that schools are spying on students. I don't care what your political beliefs are and it's all so tiresome.

Thanks for reading my rant/blogpost.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 years ago

Yeah I am sorry I agree that the US vs THEM thing is annoying. I should have said that in my experience it's mostly conservative politicians who don't give a shit about privacy or the rights of kids etc.