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Yes. These are not comparable political systems. In the US, the information you share can be accessed by law enforcement with the approval of a judge if there's a crime suspected. But in cases where the government improperly accesses your data, they actually destroy their own case against you, because anything from that poisoned tree of evidence can be thrown out in court. Even when governmental power is abused in th…
It weird how people pretend the Edward Snowden disclosures never happened.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/03/20/291959446...