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Look up the secrecy and lack of oversight over the so-called "terrorist" watchlist and the calls for scope creep, and see if you are so confident about those first amendment rights. I'm sure failure to log in would not be considered a first amendment right. I agree that the government should be a far more dependable provider than any private sector organization. But the recent (last 20 years) enthusiasm for scope cre…
Does the government deny passports or driver licenses/IDs to people on those lists? Because that would be the equivalent here. I'm not saying the government wouldn't do it. I'm saying you would have constitutional basis to sue, which you don't have for companies. Some lawsuits against the no fly list have been successful. https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/victory-no-fly-l...
Edit: Forgot this post was a couple days old, working through my HN backlog haha