But that’s like saying it’s ok for banks to sell everyone’s bank account transactions because it’ll catch those pesky criminals when they make a transaction.
Why should everyone be surveillance for catching the minority who do the wrong thing. It’s not about whether anyone cares about atok1’s data specifically right now.
>But that’s like saying it’s ok for banks to sell everyone’s bank account transactions because it’ll catch those pesky criminals when they make a transaction.
You're right, it's not okay. But it's totally okay (and mandatory) to send certain transaction information to the state (ie. FinCEN).