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riesling 29 points ago +29 / -0

It's downloadable to your smartphone. Which means you can now be tracked by the government without a warrant wherever you go, whatever you do.

And no, world-weary cynics, this is different from the Patriot Act-era NSA and their 'lmfao you think the government couldn't trace us all already?'

Improvements in networking and data tracking mean and the encroaching nationalization eroding public vs private boundaries means that your bank and credit card/mobile payment/wallet companies can now actively communicate with the federal AND state government and inform them that you just spent money on a gun and a ticket to DC. And that you frequent a bar where a reported white supremacist plays music. And the government's prosecutors can now swing into action.

They can shut down your online bank accounts so you can never pay an attorney.

And there goes your life forever.